It was March 14, 1940 — 85 years ago today — that “Road to Singapore,” a musical comedy starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour, premiered in New York City. It would become a big hit and ...
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Why wasn’t Bing Crosby, Spokane’s most famous son, performing at Expo ’74? After all, his movie sidekick, Bob Hope, had already performed. The answer was found in an Associated Press interview, ...
Gioia admits that the only familiarity many today might have with him is the Christmas song “White Christmas,” which is “the bestselling single of all time.” ...
Road to Morocco (Paramount) is interrupted midway by a Hapsburg-looking camel who remarks: “This is the screwiest picture I was ever in.” No strangers to screwballistics, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and ...
Mike Connor (Frank Sinatra): I have heard, among this clan/ You are called the forgotten man. C. K. Dexter Haven (Bing Crosby): Is that what they’re sayin’? Well, did you evah?/ What a swell party ...
When Bing Crosby wrote Joe Albi in April 1942, Albi was a local attorney and a sports fan. Albi oversaw the Athletic Round Table, which turned Spokane into one of the great sports cities on the West ...
The Holmen Area Historical Society Free Movie Night, featuring a brief presentation on outdoor movies by Jean Marck, a cartoon, newsreel and "Road to Bali," starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, will ...
Essayist Roger Rosenblatt remembers Bob Hope. Terence Smith learns more about the comedian's life and legacy from entertainer and former talk show host Dick Cavett and comedian Phyllis Diller. Wait a ...
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