Bob Hope and American Variety Exhibit
Span: 1886-1998
Bulk: 1920-1980
English
web presentation
Bob Hope was among the 20,000 vaudeville performers working in the 1920s. Many of these performers were, like Hope, recent immigrants to America who saw a vaudeville career as one of the few ways to succeed as a "foreigner" in America. Bob Hope practiced the arts he learned in vaudeville and perpetuated variety entertainment traditions in stage musical comedy, motion pictures, radio, television, and the live appearances he made around the world in support of American armed forces. In addition to the material relating to Hope's long career, this exhibit also includes memorabilia from early vaudeville to the later variety and comedy shows.
Scripts, correspondence, photographs, drawings with historical commentary.
Hope, Bob
Material and memorabilia from one of America’s most popular entertainers.
Vaudeville
American Musical Theater
Popular Music
Radio/Television
Hope, Bob
Performing Arts Encyclopedia
scdb
Multiple Divisions, Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/bobhope/
IHAS
080324
loc.natlib.scdb.200033579