Chicago, Ill., 86, 97, 111, 123, 130, 135, 143, 151, 156, 215–17, 326, 334–35, 386, 406, 408, 428
Hope’s stage shows and, 140, 158–59, 161
Hope’s vaudeville career and, 53, 58, 61, 65–66, 68–69, 72–73, 75, 81, 87–88, 153
Chicago Tribune, 65–66, 207
China, People’s Republic of, 275, 447–50
Chrysler, 356, 432
Hope’s television career and, 344–46, 397–98
Churchill, Winston, 198–99
Church of the Covenant, 38
Clark, Petula, 398
Clarkson, Geoffrey, 259, 435
Clay, Lucius, 252
Cleopatra, 331–32
Cleveland, Ohio, 2, 4, 13, 55, 90, 96, 98, 140, 215, 226, 228, 231, 245, 276, 302, 311, 328, 392, 424, 432, 457
economy of, 34–35
Hope’s childhood in, 1, 175
Hope family’s early life in, 36–50, 57, 76
Hope’s father’s emigration to, 30–33
vaudeville and, 46, 49–51, 57, 59, 64–65, 70, 74–76
Cleveland Indians, 228, 311
Cleveland Plain Dealer, 47, 49
Cleveland Press, 45–46
Cliburn, Van, 422, 467
Clinton, Bill, 467, 475, 477–78, 481, 483
Clooney, George, 16, 485
Clooney, Rosemary, 290–91, 297, 398, 427, 443, 480
Clubland, 280
CNN, 480
Coburn, Charles, 153
Coca, Imogene, 267, 289
Coelho, Tony, 350–51, 383
Coffey, Andrew, 477
Cohan, George M., 53, 90, 300, 339
Colbert, Claudette, 184
Colbert, Stephen, 485
Cold War, 6, 240, 252, 269, 287, 289, 314, 338
Hope’s Moscow trip and, 304–5, 319–20, 322–23
Vietnam War and, 382–83
Colgate Comedy Hour, 283–84, 289–90, 306
College Swing, 120, 126, 130
Collins, Joan, 286
Colonna, Jerry, 229, 305
Hope’s Christmas tours and, 326, 330, 365–66, 368–69, 372, 374, 379–80
Hope’s movie career and, 154, 242
Hope’s radio career and, 130, 132–33, 144, 164, 206, 222, 238, 245, 293
Hope’s stage shows and, 140, 158
Vietnam War and, 368–69, 372, 374
World War II and, 189, 191, 196, 209–12, 219
Colonna, Robert, 229–30, 245
Come Back, Little Sheba, 293
“Come Rain or Come Shine,” 270
Command Performance, 188–89, 208, 217
Communism, Communists, 136, 288, 325, 336, 408, 447
Hope’s politics and, 240–41, 304, 322, 402
Korean War and, 273–74
Vietnam War and, 364, 369–70, 375, 382–83, 386, 407, 430
Confessions of a Hooker (Hope and Netland), 359
Confidential, 254, 303, 353
Connecticut Yankee, A, 60
“The Continental,” 294
Coogan, Jackie, 127
Cooley, Charlie, 65, 81, 272, 348
Cooper, Gary, 120, 162, 176, 208, 355
Coral Sea, USS, 385, 409
Corbett, Al, 45
Corbett, Cameron, 27
Cosby Show, The, 465
Couples, Fred, 358
Cox, Wally, 308, 323
Cradle, 143, 161, 228
Craig, Richie, 78, 89–90
Critic’s Choice, 352
Cromwell, John, 218
Cronkite, Walter, 476, 477
Crosby, Bing (Harry Lillis), 71, 94, 176–77, 227–28, 239, 264–65, 295–96, 323, 384
comparisons between Hope and, 88, 157–58, 242
death of, 243, 287, 442–43
golf played by, 89, 121, 128, 150, 157, 184, 208, 254, 280–81, 357–58, 442
golf tournament of, 356–57
Hope’s relationship with, 88–89, 121, 150, 154, 157–58, 168, 171, 243, 356, 442
movie career of, 5, 14, 81, 88, 100, 115–16, 120–21, 150–58, 167–71, 177, 187, 193–94, 208, 218, 224–25, 235, 241–43, 270, 284–88, 352, 355, 419, 421–22, 442
oil investments of, 254, 310
radio career of, 88, 130, 150–51, 158, 204, 217, 255
singing of, 88, 116, 130, 154, 168, 193, 242, 284, 286–87
television career of, 283–84, 355, 433, 442
vaudeville career of, 88–89, 150
Vietnam War and, 375–76
World War II and, 184, 208, 217
Crosby, Cathy Lee, 457–58
Crosby, Dixie Lee, 157
Crosby, John, 254, 275
Crosby, Kathryn, 285–86, 384, 442, 483
Crosby, Phil, 384
Crouse, Russel, 109
Crowther, Bosley, 234, 315
Cuba, 10, 336–38, 371
Cukor, George, 63
Dahl, Arlene, 1, 297, 348
Daily Graphic, 78
Daily Variety, 181–82
Daley, Jan, 409
Dallas, 6
Dallas, Tex., 69, 72, 105, 253, 340
Dancemedians, 57
Daniel, Clay, 380
Danza, Tony, 479
Davis, Bette, 138–39, 149, 166, 182, 223
Davis, Gwen, 401
Davis, Hugh, 244, 267
Davis, Jerry, 279
Davis, Peter, 430
Davis, Rennie, 400
Davis, Sammy, Jr., 408, 429, 433–34, 443
Day, Doris, 245–46, 248, 251–53
Dayde, Liane, 299
DC Comics, 15, 271
Dean, Barney, 66, 81, 301
Hope’s wartime entertainment tours and, 195, 210, 212
Road pictures and, 153, 167
Dear Prez, I Wanna Tell Ya! (Hope), 479
Deaver, Mike, 456
Defense Department, US, 440, 482
Hope’s Christmas tours and, 259, 364, 376
Vietnam War and, 364, 371, 402
De Fina, John (father-in-law), 93
De Fina, Theresa Kelly (mother-in-law), 93–94, 230–31, 349, 442
DeHaven, Gloria, 272, 280
de Havilland, Olivia, 133, 332
Del Mar, 150, 157, 206
Demaret, Jimmy, 281, 327
DeMille, Cecil B., 120, 244, 294–95, 388–89
Denas, Ruth, 219
Denver, John, 423
Desmonde, Jerry, 279
Desperate Hours, The, 308
DeSylva, Buddy, 171, 218, 226
Detroit, Mich., 35, 58, 159, 245
Dewey, Thomas E., 246
Diamonds Are Forever, 425
Dickey, Paul, 163
Dickinson, Angie, 433
Diem, Ngo Dinh, 364
Dietrich, Marlene, 120, 163
Diller, Phyllis, 379, 393, 399, 424, 438, 445, 457
DiMaggio, Joe, 302
Disney, Walt, 181, 311
Disneyland, 311, 323, 424
Dix, Richard, 93
Doan’s Corners, 35–36, 75
Doby, Larry, 228
Dominican Republic, 371
Donahue, Phil, 436
Donat, Robert, 149, 186
Don’t Shoot, It’s Only Me (Hope and Shavelson), 467
Doolittle, Jimmy, 251
“Do-Re-Mi,” 447
Double Exposure, 102
Douglas, Gordon, 353
Douglas, Kirk, 219, 265, 312, 356
Douglas, Mike, 436
Dors, Diana, 307
Dover, William, 197
Dowling, Eddie, 60
Dowling, Tom, 451
Dr. No, 353
Dr. Rhythm, 121
Drasin, Tamara, 91, 196
Dreesen, Tom, 461
Duck Soup, 242
Duffy and Sweeney, 57, 67
Duffy’s Tavern, 207, 215, 247
Duke, Vernon, 107
Dumb Dora, 68, 97, 104
DuMont, 245, 254
Duncan, Betsy, 280
Dunlevie, Ernie, 356–59
Dura
nte, Jimmy, 109, 217, 279
Durbin, Lloyd “Lefty,” 48–51, 53–55, 268
Earl Carroll’s Vanities, 60
Easy Living, 115
Easy Rider, 401
Eckelberry, Avis Hope (niece), 64
Eden, Barbara, 445, 467, 476
Eddy, Nelson, 130
Educational Pictures, 100–101
Eight on the Lam, 399, 420
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 204, 288, 295, 308, 325, 334, 338, 356–58, 383, 390, 412
Eisenhower Medical Center, 357, 411, 424, 472, 482
Ekberg, Anita, 306, 317, 353
Elizabeth, Queen of Great Britain, 339, 434–35, 440, 482
Elrod, Arthur, 425
Eltham, 27–29, 141, 459
“Embraceable You,” 203, 307
Emmy Awards, 2, 345, 485
Englund, Ken, 285
Ennis, Edgar Clyde “Skinnay,” 130–31, 144, 164, 206, 222, 226, 237–38, 330
Erickson, Leif, 124
Erie, Pa., 94–95
Esquire, 200–201
Evans, Ray, 249, 281, 297
Fabray, Nanette, 398
Facts of Life, The, 332–34, 352
Fairbanks, Douglas, Jr., 267, 269
Fairbanks, Douglas, Sr., 46, 128
Faith, William Robert, 47, 232, 300, 395, 409
Falana, Lola, 403, 413
Falkenberg, Jinx, 251
Family Ties, 465
Family Weekly, 378
Fancy Pants, 255, 263, 271, 281
Farrell, F. W., 326
Faria, Reita, 379
Faulkner, Linda, 408
Fay, Frank, 46, 62–63, 75
Feinstein, Dianne, 483
Feinstein, Michael, 2, 480
feminism, 398–99, 403
Fernandel, 316–17
Ferré, Maurice, 460
Ferrell, Bill, 245
Feuer, Margot, 472
Fibber McGee and Molly (Jim and Marian Jordan), 223, 239, 310
Fibber McGee and Molly (radio show), 131, 192, 217
Fidler, Jimmie, 236
Fields, Gracie, 207
Fields, Shep, 111, 124
Fields, W. C., 5, 79, 100, 112, 115, 120, 124–25, 128, 185, 223, 241, 484
Fifty Million Frenchmen, 101
Findley, Paul, 445
Fisher, Bob, 420
Fisher, Eddie, 374
Fitzgerald, Ella, 132
Flagstad, Kirsten, 98, 124
Fleischmann Hour, The, 86–87
Fleming, Rhonda, 258, 355
Follow the Sun, 151
Fonda, Henry, 182, 210
Fonda, Jane, 404
Fontaine, Joan, 297
Fontanne, Lynn, 220
Forbes, 14, 460
Ford, Gerald, 3, 357, 429, 434, 438, 445, 455, 468, 477, 483
Ford, John, 148, 151, 182
Ford, Tennessee Ernie, 326
Fortune, 14, 451
Fowler, Gene, 316
Fox, Fred, 439
Foxx, Redd, 413, 433
Foy, Eddie, 300–302
France, 141, 220, 252, 278, 286, 298–99, 316–17
Frank, Elizabeth, 136
Frank, Melvin, 130, 135–36
Hope’s movie career and, 136, 186, 207–8, 224–26, 232, 285–86, 313, 332–34
Frank, Reuven, 392
Frankland, Rosemarie, 279, 353
Frazier, Brenda, 144, 158
Freaks, 59
Freberg, Stan, 355
Freedley, Vinton, 110
Freeman, Y. Frank, 214
Friars Club, 88–89, 243, 295, 300
Frigidaire, 267–68, 270–71, 274, 279, 289
Froman, Jane, 103, 196
Fugazy, Bill, 461
Fulbright, William, 377
Fulton, Sue, 104
Funny Face, 60
Gable, Clark, 120, 149, 176, 182, 198–99, 204
Gable, Rhea, 120
Gabler, Neil, 83
Gabor, Zsa Zsa, 292, 336–37, 398, 420
Gabriel, Roman, 413
Gallup, George, 246
Gang, Martin, 214, 227, 275, 311, 402
Gannon, Eddie, 358
Garbo, Greta, 148
Gardner, Ava, 312
Gardner, Ed, 207
Garfield, John, 182
Garland, Judy, 149, 166, 217, 279
Hope’s radio career and, 133, 143–44, 160
Gates, Bob, 190–91
Gaxton, William, 109
Gayle, Crystal, 447
gays, gay rights, 8, 463
Gelbart, Larry, 8–10, 275
Hope’s radio career and, 8, 246–47
Hope’s stage shows and, 8–9
Hope’s television career and, 269–70
General Foods, 289, 291–92, 298
Gensler, Lewis, 83–84, 126
George White’s Scandals, 60
George VI, King of Great Britain, 142, 239–40
Gorgeous George, 266
Germany, 29, 52–53, 240, 278, 334, 338
Hope’s Christmas tours and, 327, 393, 403
Hope’s movie career and, 164, 188, 195
immigrants in Cleveland from, 35, 39
World War II and, 142, 188–89, 194–95, 197–98, 201, 204, 209, 219–20
Gershwin, George, 60, 131, 313
Gershwin, Ira, 60, 83, 107
“Get High on Yourself,” 458
Ghost Breakers, The, 162–64, 167
Gibbons, Johnny, 46–47, 76
Giddins, Gary, 157
Gilbert, John, 51, 71
Gilligan’s Island, 135
Gimme a Break, 433
Ginsberg, Henry, 256
Giselle, 447
Give Me a Sailor, 120, 127, 145
Gleason, Jackie, 5–6, 312, 323, 398, 400, 419, 484
Global Affair, A, 353–54
Globe, 427, 473
Gobel, George, 307, 323
Goddard, Charles, 163
Goddard, Paulette, 200, 235
Hope’s movie career and, 139, 146–47, 163, 173, 215
Godfather Part II, The, 429–30
Godfrey, Arthur, 266, 269, 292
Going My Way, 218
Going Spanish, 100–101
Golddiggers, 380, 393
Goldwater, Barry, 350, 366, 408
Goldwyn, Samuel, 135, 162, 195, 208, 218
Gone With the Wind, 6, 148–49, 166
Goodman, Al, 103
Goodwin, Bill, 130, 132, 144, 293
Gordon, Charles George “Chinese,” 28
Gordon, Max, 90–91
Gordon, Nancy, 451
Gormé, Eydie, 398
Gould, Elliott, 404
Gould, Jack, 238, 295, 322, 365, 387, 404
Goulder, Grace, 41
Goulet, Robert, 425
Grable, Betty, 127, 133, 184
Grade, Lew, 280, 442, 446–47
Graduate, The, 387
Graham, Billy, 381, 400
Grant, Cary, 120, 184, 312, 314, 460
Grant, Johnny, 374
Grant, Ward, 473, 479
Graves, Teresa, 393
Gray, John, 406
Great Britain, 35, 39, 58–59, 62, 107, 251–52, 269–70, 277–81, 327, 343, 345, 359, 371, 379, 391, 427–28, 436, 440
Hope honored in, 402–3
Hope’s birth in, 27–29
Hope’s golf tournament in, 450, 456, 458–59
Hope’s infancy and childhood in, 1, 23, 29, 31–32
Hope’s Moscow trip and, 304, 318–21
Hope’s movie career and, 186, 285–86, 304, 307, 314–15, 318, 353, 442
Hope’s parents’ lives in, 23–33, 37
Hope’s personal appearances in, 8–9, 278–80, 318, 339, 446–47
Hope’s radio career and, 185, 239–40
Hope’s television career and, 298–99, 307, 316, 324
Hope’s trips to, 140–41, 160, 197–200, 239–40, 279–81, 288–89, 309, 318–19, 329
World War II and, 142, 166–67,
192, 195, 197–200, 203–5, 219–20, 280, 485–86
Great Depression, 72, 348
Broadway and, 82–84
movies and, 137, 139
Great Dictator, The, 139, 164
Greatest Show on Earth, The, 294–95
Great Guilfoil, 66
Great Lover, The, 258
Greene, Shecky, 426
Greene, Ward, 227–28
Greenland, 305–6, 339, 363
Grier, Roosevelt, 388
Griffin, Merv, 413
Guam, 272, 364, 366
Guam, USS, 458
Guantánamo, 336–38, 409
Guardian, 280, 402
Guare, John, 349–50
Guedel, John, 237
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, 386
Guinness Book of Records, The, 467
Gulf War, 468
Gunga Din, 148
Guthrie, Arlo, 437
Hagler, Marvin, 461
Haldeman, H. R., 411
Hall, Alexander, 258
Hall, Jon, 191
Halloran, Ursula, 318–19, 353
Halper, Dave, 97
Halper, Deborah, 97
Hammond, Percy, 103
Hands Across the Table, 115
Hanley, James, 60
Harbach, Otto, 90–91
Harburg, E. Y. “Yip,” 84
Hardy, Oliver, 100, 128, 184
Hargitay, Mickey, 337
Harlow, 371, 374
Harris, Phil, 443
Harrison, George, 484
Harrison, Rex, 279
Hartman, Don, 151–52, 167, 186, 193
Hartmann, Edmund, 250, 256
Harvey, Jane, 251
Hasso, Signe, 235
Have Girls, Will Travel, 344
Have Tux, Will Travel (Hope and Martin), 31, 37, 39–40, 44–46, 48, 53, 55, 58, 72, 74, 94–95, 98, 108, 143, 270, 296
Head, Edith, 334
Hearn, Tom, 327
Hearst, William Randolph, 213, 217, 228, 271, 378
Hearts and Minds, 430
Heatherton, Joey, 371–72, 374, 379
Hecht, Ben, 314–15
Henderson, Florence, 445
Henderson, Ray, 102
Henry VIII, 28
Henry, Gig, 343, 432–33, 438
Henry, Pat, 422
Henson, Jim, 460
Hepburn, Katharine, 304, 312, 314–15, 354
Here Come the Girls, 297
Her School for Bachelors, 344
Hicks, Milt, 356
High, Wide, and Handsome, 151
Hi-Hatters, 272
Hilton sisters, 58–59
Hitchcock, Alfred, 166, 186
Hitchens, Christopher, 3
Hitler, Adolf, 141, 189, 219–21
Hoch, Scott, 477
Hoffman, Dustin, 387
Hoffman’s restaurant, 42
Hogan, Charlie, 65–66, 68
Holden, Stephen, 480
Holden, William, 182, 305–6, 332
Hollywood Reporter, 254, 298, 315, 399, 479
Hollywood Victory Caravan, 184
Honeymoon Lane, 60, 93
Honor America Day, 400–401
Hoover, Herbert, 82, 185
Hope, Alice (aunt), 34, 36
Hope, Anthony Jude “Tony” (son), 161, 214, 259, 339–40, 349, 407, 450
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