Hope: Entertainer of the Century (96 page)

Hope’s movie career and,
79
,
81
,
120
,
186
,
284

and Hope’s partnership with Byrne,
55
–61,
63
–64,
69

and Hope’s partnership with Durbin,
49
–50,
51
,
53
–55

and Hope’s partnership with first wife,
68
,
70
–74,
79
,
94
–95

and Hope’s partnership with second wife,
98
–99

Hope’s personal appearances and,
226
–27,
279
–80

“Keep Smiling” and,
68
–69

Keith-Orpheum circuit in,
69
–72,
74
,
77
–80,
85

radio and,
86
,
105
,
123

television and,
81
,
268

Veeck, Bill,
228

Vietnam, Vietnam War,
2
–3,
15
,
221
,
272
–73,
338
,
359
,
390
–97,
426
,
434
,
444
,
450

Academy Awards and,
430
–31

as beautiful thing,
405
–6

casualties in,
367
,
375
,
394
,
396
,
405
,
407
,
412
,
431

and demonization of Hope,
407
–8,
411

end of,
391
,
415

Hope’s Christmas tours and,
6
,
364
–88,
393
–97,
401
–4,
408
,
410
–11,
413
–15,
457
–58

Hope’s politics and,
368
,
375
,
377
–79,
381
–83,
391
–92,
394
,
402
,
404
–5,
413
,
429
,
435

increased bombing of north in,
411
–14

Nixon and,
3
,
390
–91,
393
–95,
400
,
404
,
409
,
411
–16,
422

opposition to,
3
,
368
,
370
–72,
375
,
377
–79,
381
,
385
–86,
388
,
391
–93,
395
,
400
,
404
,
407
–8,
430
,
435

peace talks in,
387
,
409
–10,
413
–15,
422
,
430

prisoners in,
395
–96,
407
–10,
413
,
415
–16

and withdrawal of US troops,
391
,
410
,
413
,
430

Village People,
446

Vinger, Sandy,
474

Vogue Club,
92
–94

Voice of the City
(Snyder),
64

Vonnegut, Kurt,
450

Waikiki Wedding,
116
,
151

Wakely, Jimmy,
259
,
272

Walkabout,
437

Walker, Hal,
196
,
208
,
224

Walker, Jimmy,
60
,
82
,
316

Walker, Marshall,
61

Walrath, Florence,
143

Walsh, Howard “Happy,”
45
–46

Walt, Lew,
381

Wanger, Walter,
149
,
218

Warhol, Andy,
450

Waring, Fred,
207

Warner, Harry,
142

Warner, Jack,
378

Warner, John,
444

Warner Bros.,
189
,
232

Warner Vitaphone,
101
–2

Washington, DC,
184
,
195
,
304
,
319
,
341
,
377
,
379
,
422
,
438
,
457
,
477

Honor America Day in,
400
–401

Hope honored in,
2
,
460
,
481
–82

Hope’s benefit appearances and,
219
,
375

Hope’s seventy-fifth birthday and,
444
–45,
460

state dinners in,
434
–35

White House Correspondents’ Association dinners and,
207
,
264
,
295

Washington Post,
402
,
428
,
444

Washington Star,
277
,
451

Watch the Birdie,
102

Watergate scandal,
423
,
428
–29,
434

Wayne, John,
229
,
279
,
401
,
422
,
435

Wayne, Josie,
229

Webb, Harry,
73

Welch, Raquel,
380
,
384
–85,
483

Welch, Robert,
227

Weld, Tuesday,
365
,
371

Welk, Lawrence,
356

Welles, Orson,
218

Wellman, Manly Wade,
437

West, Mae,
120

Westerner, The,
162

Westmore, Wally,
119

Westmoreland, William C.,
368
,
372
,
379
,
382
,
385
,
393

What’s My Line?,
329

Whedon, Glenn,
206

“When the Moon Comes over the Mountain,”
189

“Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day,”
88

Where There’s Life,
235

White, Les,
343
,
432

White, Stanford,
52

“White Christmas,”
252
,
380

White House Correspondents’ Association dinners,
207
,
264
,
295

White House tapes,
412
,
428
–29

Whiteman, Paul,
88
,
105

White Oak Ranch,
232

Whiting, Jack,
127

Whiting, Margaret,
271
,
292
–93,
305
–6

Whitney, Dwight,
351

Whitney, Jock,
318

Who Fears the Devil?,
437
–38

Wiere Brothers,
241

Wilder, Billy,
135
,
139

Wilder, Patricia “Honey Chile,”
104
–6,
236

Hope’s movie career and,
105
,
125
,
137

Willard, John,
139

William Morris Agency,
58
,
61
,
188

Williams, Andy,
238
,
398
,
452

Hope’s Christmas tours and,
336
–38

Williams, Fred,
239
,
263

Willkie, Wendell,
165
–66,
185

“Will You Love Me in December as You Do in May?,”
316

Wilson, Earl,
384

Wilson, Pete,
473

Winchell, Walter,
83
,
130

Hope’s Broadway career and,
103
,
108
,
421

Hope’s movie career and,
101
,
121
,
162
–63,
421
,
436

Hope’s radio career and,
103
–4

Winfrey, Oprah,
16

Wings,
294

Winter Garden Theater,
107
–8

Winters, Jonathan,
335
,
424

Winters, Shelley,
450

With the Old Breed
(Sledge),
210
–11

Wizard of Oz, The,
133
,
144
,
148

Women, The,
148

Wood, Natalie,
355

Woodbury soap,
111
,
121

Woods, Rose Mary,
428

Woodstock,
398

World’s Fairs,
140
,
143
,
339

World War I,
46
,
77
,
86

Hope brothers in,
43
–44

World War II,
2
–6,
9
,
135
,
141
–42,
166
–67,
181
–92,
228
,
234
,
241
,
244
–45,
258
–59,
275
,
295
,
305
,
343

comparisons between Vietnam and,
375
,
381
–82

D-Day invasion in,
208
–9,
220

end of,
219
–20,
222
–23,
226
,
232
,
272

entertaining troops in,
2
–3,
6
,
15
–16,
18
,
182
–83,
185
,
188
–92,
194
–221,
227
,
236
,
250
,
273
,
330
,
334
,
341
,
485
–86

fiftieth anniversary of VE Day in,
478

Hope’s newspaper columns and,
217
–18,
220

Hope’s souvenirs from,
214
,
221

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

Pearl Harbor attack and,
177
,
181
–83,
186
,
188

radio and,
173
–75,
177
,
181
–85,
188
–89,
194
–95,
199
,
204
–9,
213
,
219
,
222
–23,
227
,
238
–39,
274

raising money and,
167
,
182
–84,
192
,
206
,
208
,
213
–15,
217
,
219
,
223
,
358

Wright, Cobina,
144
,
158

Wuthering Heights,
148

Wyler, William,
182

Wynn, Bob,
447
,
449

Wynn, Ed,
86
,
279
,
290

Wynn, Keenan,
420

Yankee Doodle Dandy,
300

Yates, Charlie,
299

“Yesterdays,”
90

Ying Ruocheng,
448

You Bet Your Life,
237

“You Don’t Have to Know the Language,”
241

“You Do Something to Me,”
101

Young, Loretta,
127

Young, Roland,
258

Young, Whitney,
405

Young Widow,
149

Your Hollywood Parade,
123
–24,
130

Your Show of Shows,
267
,
289

“You Do Something to Me,”
101

You’ll Never Get Rich,
308

“You’ve Got Something,”
110

“You’ve Got That Thing,”
101

Ziegfeld, Florenz,
80
,
82
–83,
93
,
107

Ziegfeld Follies,
60

Ziegfeld Follies of 1936,
107
–8,
447

Zoppi, Tony,
340

Zukor, Adolph,
112
,
120

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