During his career, Bob Hope was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of mass entertainment. American Masters explores the entertainer’s life through his personal archives and clips from his classic films.
Acting
Hope's own timing remains impeccable across decades.
Direction
Scheinfeld balances hagiography with necessary honesty.
Editing
Seamless weave of USO footage and rare home movies.
Director
John Scheinfeld
Bob Hope
Self (archive footage)
Billy Crystal
Narrator (voice)
Woody Allen
Self
Dick Cavett
Self
Leonard Maltin
Self
Conan O'Brien
Self
Margaret Cho
Self
Bing Crosby
Self (archive footage)
Lucille Ball
Self (archive footage)
George Burns
Self (archive footage)
Gracie Allen
Self (archive footage)
Phyllis Diller
Self (archive footage)
Dorothy Lamour
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hope's joke files ran to 85,000 handwritten cards, making him arguably the first comedian to treat stand-up as archival science.
Woody Allen's interview was his last on-camera appearance before the 2017 reckoning, giving his praise of Hope's longevity an accidental meta-poignancy.
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