The first book to focus on the film work of Bob Hope, this engaging assessment and history explores the comic persona this legendary star created. Drawing on archival materials, interviews with collaborators, and the films themselves, noted film comedy authority Donald W. McCaffrey establishes the reasons Hope is considered one of the greatest film comedians of his era.
Song, Dance, and Gags: From Vaudeville to Radio Hollywood Embraces A Song and Dance Man Starring Hope During the War Years There Was Hope and Hartmann Some Hits and Misses Neglected and Underrated Movies The Rocky Road to Exotic Worlds Fade Out on Movies: The Fade In of the Small Screen Through the Decades with Hope's Films: 1934-1972 Assesment: Bob Hope's Legacy Endnotes by Chapter Appendix A: Bob Hope Films Appendix B: Selected Bob Hope Awards Appendix C: Selected Bob Hope Honors Bibliography
Donald W. McCaffrey is Professor Emeritus in the Department of English at the University of North Dakota, where he taught cinema, theatre, and literature for nearly 30 years.
?[D]oes justice to Bob Hope's 70-year, 52-feature film career.
Drawing on interviews with Hope's frequent collaborator Edmund
Hartmann, McCaffrey cites illuminating evidence from the films and
offers a thoughtful definition of Hope's acting styles and how he
reflected the mood of his time. In so doing, McCaffrey comes closer
to offering Hope the serious consideration he deserves as a major
American icon....Highly recommended; all levels.?-Choice
?Many biographies have been written about Bob Hope; but no book yet
has focused on the extent of the comic persona he created in film,
vaudeville and radio alike - not until Donald W. McCaffrey's The
Road To Comedy: The Films Of Bob Hope. Noted comedy film critic
McCaffrey blends archival materials with critical surveys and
interviews with Bob Hope's contemporaries and collaborators to
analyze each major film in depth.?-MBR Internet Bookwatch/The
Bookwatch
"ÝD¨oes justice to Bob Hope's 70-year, 52-feature film career.
Drawing on interviews with Hope's frequent collaborator Edmund
Hartmann, McCaffrey cites illuminating evidence from the films and
offers a thoughtful definition of Hope's acting styles and how he
reflected the mood of his time. In so doing, McCaffrey comes closer
to offering Hope the serious consideration he deserves as a major
American icon....Highly recommended; all levels."-Choice
"[D]oes justice to Bob Hope's 70-year, 52-feature film career.
Drawing on interviews with Hope's frequent collaborator Edmund
Hartmann, McCaffrey cites illuminating evidence from the films and
offers a thoughtful definition of Hope's acting styles and how he
reflected the mood of his time. In so doing, McCaffrey comes closer
to offering Hope the serious consideration he deserves as a major
American icon....Highly recommended; all levels."-Choice
"Many biographies have been written about Bob Hope; but no book yet
has focused on the extent of the comic persona he created in film,
vaudeville and radio alike - not until Donald W. McCaffrey's The
Road To Comedy: The Films Of Bob Hope. Noted comedy film critic
McCaffrey blends archival materials with critical surveys and
interviews with Bob Hope's contemporaries and collaborators to
analyze each major film in depth."-MBR Internet Bookwatch/The
Bookwatch
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