Hope: Entertainer of the Century (92 page)

Hope’s movie career and,
271
,
281
,
296

Hope’s relationship with,
276
,
278
–79

May, Elaine,
335

May, Joe,
97

MCA,
348

Meese, Ed,
456

Menjou, Adolphe,
199
,
258

Menuhin, Yehudi,
144

Mercer, Johnny,
10
,
196

Meredith, Burgess,
200

Merkel, Una,
170

Merman, Ethel,
4
,
109
–10

Merv Griffin Show,
413

MGM,
120
,
133
,
149

Miami, Fla.,
2
,
94
,
156
,
172
–73,
207
,
252
,
389
,
459
–60

Michel, Robert,
445

Middleton, Ray,
90
–91

Midnight Cowboy,
401

Midway,
USS,
2
,
467

Mikoyan, Anastas,
325

Miles, Tichi Wilkerson,
399

Miles, Vera,
316

Milland, Ray,
302

Millar, Mack,
121
,
326
,
341

Million Dollar Legs,
120

Mills, Bob,
347
,
439
–40,
463

Minnelli, Vincente,
107

Miron, Fred,
272
,
372

Mischer, Don,
475

Mitchell, Don,
401

Mitchell, John,
393

Mitchell, Margaret,
148

Mitchell, Martha,
393

Moiseyev Dance Company,
323

Moncrief, Will,
254

Money from Home,
120

Monroe, Marilyn,
61
,
302
,
305

Monsieur Beaucaire,
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,
223
,
227
,
232
–34,
249
–50,
276
,
297
,
448
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450

“Moonlight Becomes You,”
193

Moore, Archie,
308

Moore, Victor,
100
,
109
,
176

Morgan, J. P., Jr.,
141

Morgenthau, Henry,
141

Morocco,
200
–201,
324
,
326
–27

Morrow, Bill,
158

Morrow, Onnie,
342

Mortal Storm, The,
164

Moscow,
288
,
304
–5,
318
–23,
325
,
355
,
447
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450

“Mother Had Hopes” (Jim Hope),
27
,
36
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39
,
75
–76

Motion Picture Herald,
279

movies,
46
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59
,
74
,
91
–92,
231
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263
–66

Crosby’s career in,
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14
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81
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88
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100
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115
–16,
120
–21,
150
–58,
167
–71,
177
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187
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193
–94,
208
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218
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–25,
235
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241
–43,
270
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284
–88,
352
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355
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419
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–22,
442

Hope’s career in,
4
–6,
14
–15,
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–83,
100
–102,
105
,
107
–8,
111
–12,
116
–28,
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–40,
145
–58,
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–64,
167
–73,
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–77,
185
–89,
192
–97,
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–8,
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–15,
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–19,
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–27,
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–36,
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–43,
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–50,
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–60,
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–72,
275
–76,
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–88,
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–98,
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–302,
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–5,
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–19,
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–29,
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–34,
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–42,
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–55,
371
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–79,
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–400,
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–22,
426
–28,
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448
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472
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476
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484
,
533
–35

Hope’s Moscow trip and,
304
–5,
319

Hope’s radio career and,
124
,
173
,
186

Hope’s son and,
437
–38

Hope’s womanizing and,
253
–54

shorts and,
100
–102

television and,
254
,
266
,
269
,
283
–84,
290
–91,
293
–94,
301
,
314
,
334
,
351
,
355

vaudeville and,
79
,
81
,
120
,
186
,
284

World War II and,
5
,
147
,
164
,
166
,
171
,
181
–82,
185
–88,
194
–95,
215
,
399

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,
148
,
176

Mrs. Miniver,
195

Muir, Florabel,
219

Muppet Movie, The,
421

Murdock, Toots,
76
–77

Murphy, George,
91
–93,
100
,
378

Murray, Ken,
78

Muskie, Edmund,
400

Myers, Richard,
483

“My Blue Heaven,”
88

My Favorite Blonde,
136
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185
–88,
207
,
235

My Favorite Brunette,
215
,
234
–36,
249
,
282
,
450

My Favorite Spy,
282

My Lai massacre,
394
,
407

My Man Godfrey,
156

“My Mom,”
87

Nabors, Jim,
409

Nagel, Conrad,
293

National Unity Week,
391
–92

Navy, US,
2
,
222
,
325
,
426
,
446
,
465

Hope’s Christmas tours and,
336
–38,
368
,
373
–74,
385
,
388
,
393
,
467

Vietnam War and,
408
–9

World War II and,
174
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183
–84,
192
,
206
,
210

NBC,
86
,
92
,
244
–45,
356
,
413
,
425
,
436
,
469

censorship issues and,
216
,
237
,
403
–4

Hope’s Christmas tours and,
317
–18,
330
,
364
,
369
,
394
,
397
,
403
–4,
414

Hope’s Moscow trip and,
318
–19,
323

Hope’s movie career and,
310
,
420
–21

Hope’s ninetieth birthday and,
475
–76

Hope’s radio career and,
4
,
7
,
103
,
111
,
121
–22,
129
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131
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165
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213
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216
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219
,
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,
237
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,
255
,
271
,
291
–93,
295

Hope’s seventy-fifth birthday and,
444
–45

Hope’s stage shows and,
264
–65

Hope’s television career and,
5
,
14
,
255
,
267
–69,
271
,
283
,
288
–90,
293
,
298
–300,
305
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309
–10,
314
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317
–18,
323
–24,
328
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330
–32,
338
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354
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364
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369
–70,
376
,
394
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397
,
403
–4,
414
,
426
–27,
433
–34,
454
–55,
463
,
465
,
470
,
475
–78,
482
,
484

Vietnam War and,
364
,
369
–70,
376
,
392
,
394

World War II and,
213
,
219

Nelson, Ozzie,
130

Nesbit, Evelyn,
52

Netland, Dwayne,
359

Never Say Die,
139
,
145
,
147
,
151

Newhart, Bob,
335
,
356

New Times,
451

New York,
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34
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41
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65
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82
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105
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122
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–35,
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–88,
293
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–35,
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349
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373
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408
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427
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442
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450
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476
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480

Hope’s benefit appearances and,
111
,
215
,
463

and Hope’s courtship of wife,
94
–95

Hope’s father’s emigration and,
31
–32

Hope’s movie career and,
101
,
111
–12,
119
–20,
156
–57,
172
,
187
–88,
196
,
281
–82,
313
–14,
316
,
352
–53,
419
–21

Hope’s radio career and,
89
,
111
,
121
,
129
–30

Hope’s residence in,
83
,
98
,
106
,
108
,
110
,
143

Hope’s stage shows and,
4
,
140
–41,
159
,
264
–65,
275
,
284
,
313
–14

Hope’s television career and,
267
–68,
271
,
446

Louis Shurr and,
99
–100

vaudeville and,
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,
58
–59,
62
,
64
,
67
–68,
70
–72,
74
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–78,
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–89,
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127
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see also
Broadway theater

New York Daily Mirror,
119
,
219

New York Daily News,
121
,
301

New York Herald Tribune,
85
,
95
,
103
,
126
,
200
,
250
,
254
,
264

New York Post,
378
,
463

New York Radio Guide,
104

New York Times,
11
,
91
,
141
,
206
,
238
,
259
,
306
,
387
,
480
,
484

Hope’s Broadway career and,
108
,
110
–11

Hope’s Christmas tours and,
365
,
404

Hope’s movie career and,
125
,
138
,
234
,
315
,
371

television and,
295
,
322

Vietnam War and,
378
,
402
,
404

Nicholas Brothers,
107
,
372

Nicholls, Andrew,
464
–65

Nichols, Iva D.,
340

Nichols, Mike,
335

Niesen, Gertrude,
107

Night at the Opera, A,
242

Ninotchka,
148

Niven, David,
127
,
281

Nixon, Richard M.,
430
,
447

Honor America Day and,
400
–401

Hope’s Christmas tours and,
393
–95,
415

Hope’s relationship with,
3
,
389
–91,
408
,
411
–13,
415
,
422
–23,
428
–29,
456

presidential campaign of,
408
,
411
,
413

resignation of,
423
,
428
–29