Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter (2003)

• 77%
• 2003
• Documentary
• John Scheinfeld
• David Leaf
• Fred Applegate
• Bob Hope
• Larry Gelbart

Before he was an icon, before he was a legend, before he spent every Christmas with the troops... before he was a fixture on TV and the Academy Awards... Bob Hope's journey on the road to laughter began with a series of movies that have become classics. For nearly a quarter of a century, Bob Hope was a major movie star. This program contains many highlights from those legendary films.Bonus material that was not included in the American Public Television broadcast, include:Additional interviews with Bob Hope's writers: Larry Gelbart, Mort Lachman, Sherwood Schwartz, and Melville Shavelson. Also included is additional commentary on Bob Hope's career from film historian, Leonard Maltin.