Korean War and, 272–73, 275
Pearl Harbor attack and, 177, 181–82, 188
World War II and, 188–89, 194, 209–10, 213–14
Jazz Singer, The, 59
Jefferson Theatre, 70, 72
Jeffries, Fran, 413
Jennings, George “Whitey,” 41–42, 45–46
Jeopardy!, 481
Jessel, George, 126, 243, 295
Jillian, Ann, 457–58, 467
Joe & Valerie, 427, 436
John D. Rockefeller: The Cleveland Years (Goulder), 41
John Paul II, Pope, 465
Johnson, Don, 465
Johnson, Henry B., 96
Johnson, Lady Bird, 455
Johnson, Lynda Bird, 379
Johnson, Lyndon B., 350, 371, 379, 386
Vietnam War and, 365–66, 370, 377, 383, 391
Johnson, Margaret, 105
Jolie, Angelina, 16
Jolly Follies, 50, 53–54, 56
Jolson, Al, 53, 59–60, 64, 125–26, 188, 243, 267, 274
Jones, Jack, 372–75
Jones, Paul, 232
Jones, Tom, 398
Jordan Ranch, 471–73
Jorgensen, Christine, 289
Josefsberg, Milt, 130, 134
Joy, Leatrice, 71
Judd, for the Defense, 437
Jungle Princess, The, 151
Kalmus, Allan, 402, 432–33
Kanter, Hal, 11, 158, 331, 346, 437, 476
Kaplan, Peter, 451
Kate & Allie, 433
Kaufman, Samuel, 122
Kaye, Danny, 293, 446, 460
Kaye, Herbie, 151
Kaye, Stubby, 199
Kazan, Elia, 313
KC and the Sunshine Band, 445
Keaton, Buster, 74, 100
Keaton, Diane, 450
Keeler, Ruby, 60–61
“Keep Smiling,” 68–69
Keith-Orpheum circuit, 69–72, 74, 77–80, 85
Keith’s 105th Street, 46, 75
Keller, Casey, 462
Keller, Helen, 52
Kelly, Gene, 460
Kennedy, John F., 213, 334, 338–39, 341, 365, 383, 430
Kennedy, Robert F., 8, 386, 388
Kennedy, Ted, 338
Kent State shootings, 400
Kern, Jerome, 4, 60, 90–91
Kerr, Jean, 312
Khomeini, Ayatollah, 467
Khrushchev, Nikita, 323, 325
Kilgallen, Dorothy, 192
King, Alan, 95
King, Jan, 427, 473
King, Larry, 483
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 371, 386–87
King, Peggy, 307
King Features, 213, 227–28
King of Hearts, The, 312
Kirby, Edward M., 402
Kissinger, Henry, 445, 447, 455
Kitty Foyle, 167
Klein, Dennis, 441
Knight, Ray, 111
KOA, 254, 311
Koch, Howard, 430–31
Kodak, 387
Koehler, Ted, 102
Korea, Korean War, 6, 272–76, 283, 305, 317, 326, 339, 359, 364, 366, 387–88, 414
Kovacs, Ernie, 460
Kovic, Ron, 396–97
Kozak, Elliott, 13, 90, 160, 444, 446–47
Hope’s television career and, 432–33, 446, 459, 466
Kraft Music Hall, The, 150, 205
Kraft Suspense Theater, 344
Krause, Edward “Moose,” 405
Kreisler, Fritz, 207
Kukla, Fran, and Ollie, 266
Ky, Nguyen Cao, 385
Kyser, Kay, 192
Labrador, 306, 339, 363
Lachman, Mort, 247, 317, 358, 431
firing of, 432–33
Hope’s Christmas tours and, 376, 380–81
Hope’s finances and, 346–47
Hope’s Moscow trip and, 319–22
Hope’s television career and, 268, 338, 343, 432–33
Ladd, Alan, 195, 235
Lahr, Bert, 67, 100
Lahr, John, 67, 160, 277
Laird, Melvin, 393
Lamarr, Hedy, 133, 182, 195, 282
Lamour, Dorothy, 120, 124, 182, 295, 443, 475
and Caught in the Draft, 171–72
Crosby’s disdain for, 242–43
Hope’s relationship with, 287–88
Hope’s television career and, 244, 287, 314
My Favorite Brunette and, 215, 234–35
Road pictures and, 151–52, 154–56, 167–68, 170, 193, 208, 224–25, 242–43, 284, 286–88, 442
L’Amour, Louis, 419–20
Lancaster, Burt, 219
Lande, Andrew (grandson), 436
Lande, Nathaniel Greenblatt (son-in-law), 388–89, 406, 426–27, 436, 473–74
Landis, Carole, 195
Lane, Burton, 126
Lanfield, Sidney, 186, 257, 276
Langford, Frances:
Hope’s Christmas tours and, 330, 337
Hope’s radio career and, 174–75, 206, 219, 222, 238, 245–46
World War II and, 189–91, 195–96, 199, 201–4, 209–12, 219, 486
Langdon, Harry, 100
Laos, 338, 409
Larkin, Bill, 317, 319, 321, 343
Larry Sanders Show, The, 441
Lasker, Albert, 123–24
Lassally, Peter, 464
Lassie, 291
Last Christmas Show, The (Hope and Martin), 396, 410, 414
Lastfogel, Abe, 58, 188
Las Vegas, Nev., 97, 206, 237, 339, 426
Laughing with the Presidents, 479
Laughton, Charles, 255
Laurel, Stan, 100, 102, 184
Lautner, John, 425, 451
Lawrence, Joey, 476
Leary, Ted, 65–66
Leave It to Beaver, 313
LeBaron, William, 112, 151
Lee, Charlie, 277, 343, 399, 432–35, 438
Lee, Peggy, 284
Leeds, Peter, 346
Leffler, Dolph, 70–71
Leisen, Mitchell, 108, 115–17, 147
Lemon Drop Kid, The, 271, 275–76, 281–82
Le Roy, Hal, 49, 199, 268
“Let’s Begin,” 91
Let’s Face It, 196
Letterman, David, 445, 461, 476, 485
Lever Brothers, 238–39, 244, 255, 270
Levin, Ira, 352
Levine, Irving R., 318, 319
Lewis, David, 25
Lewis, Jerry, 187, 271
Academy Awards and, 330–31
television career of, 284, 289, 312
Lewis, Marcia, 243, 448
Liberman, Frank, 11, 110, 242–43, 432–33, 467
Hope’s womanizing and, 276, 278–79, 353, 474
Liebman, Max, 267
Life, 269, 275, 277, 405–6
“Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries,” 102
Lillie, Beatrice, 77, 267, 269, 299
Lindsay, Howard, 109
Linkletter, Art, 311, 422
Lippman, Gordon J., 375
Lipton, James, 447, 449, 457, 463
Hope’s television career and, 444, 446, 469
Little Miss Marker, 256, 258
Livingston, Dodie, 456
Livingston, Jay, 249, 281, 297
Lloyd, Abraham, 24
Lloyd, Harold, 171
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 367
Loesser, Frank, 126, 138
Loews State Theatre, 99, 127–28, 130
Lollobrigida, Gina, 326–27
Lombard, Carole, 182
London Star, 280–81
Loren, Sophia, 326
Loring, Gloria, 403
Lorre, Peter, 235
Los Angeles, Calif., 72, 74, 92, 128, 134–36, 206, 231, 240, 265, 294, 323, 329, 353, 384, 427, 438, 457, 461, 483
Hope’s movie career and, 79, 151, 156, 235
Hope’s newspaper columns and, 227–28
Hope’s radio career and, 134, 143, 271
Hope’s real estate hoarding and, 471–72
Hope’s television career and, 244, 449
World War II and, 181, 184–85, 192
Los Angeles Daily News, 119, 266
Los Angeles Times, 12, 141, 149, 322, 382, 434, 479, 481
Hope’s movie career and, 177, 187, 215, 234
Hope’s real estate hoarding and, 472–73
Louis, Joe, 192
Louisiana Purchase, 176
“Love in Bloom,” 116
Lubitsch, Ernst, 120
Luce, Clare Boothe, 148
Luciano, Lucky, 102
Luckman, Charles, 124, 238–39, 243, 255, 270
Lucky Strike, 123–24
Ludwin, Rick, 454, 469, 476, 478–79
Lukas, J. Anthony, 11–12, 402
Lukas, Paul, 163
Lunt, Alfred, 220
Lynne, Joy, 99
MacArthur, Douglas, 272–74, 288
McAvity, Tom, 136–37
McCain, John, 409
McCarthy, Eugene, 375, 386
McCarthy, Joseph, 288–89
McCullagh, Alicia (granddaughter), 474
McCullagh, Sam (son-in-law), 10, 392–93, 406, 474
McDaniel, Hattie, 149
McGovern, George, 400
McIntire, Andy, 278
MacLaine, Shirley, 401, 429–31
McLeod, Norman Z., 241, 249, 297
McMahon, Ed, 464
MacMurray, Fred, 91, 151, 291, 444–45
McNair, Barbara, 384
McNulty, Barney, 290, 342, 366, 370, 381, 469, 476
McQueen, Steve, 329
Madonna, 16
Mahoney, Wilkie, 123, 130
Mahony, Roger Cardinal, 483
Mako, Laura, 451
Male Animal, The, 172
Malatesta, Mildred De Fina (sister-in-law), 93, 143, 230, 349
Malatesta, Peter (nephew), 444–45
Malatesta, Tom (nephew), 160, 230, 302, 349
Maley, Frank, 53–54, 56
Malik, Jacob, 318–19
Malone, Nancy, 436, 459
“Mama, That Moon Is Here Again,” 124
Mamoulian, Rouben, 120
Mansfield, Jayne, 317, 329–30, 337
Mantle, Mickey, 307
Marando, Don, 425–26, 428
Margaret, Princess of Great Britain, 309
Marine Corps, US, 371, 468
Hope’s Christmas tours and, 364, 381, 457–58
Korean War and, 273–74
Vietnam War and, 364, 381, 408
World War II and, 174, 183, 206, 210–11
Marks, Larry, 247
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, 433
Marshall, George, 163, 232
Marshall, George C., 240
Marshe, Vera, 85
Martin, Dean, 271, 398–99, 423
movie career of, 284, 286, 312
television career of, 283–84, 289, 312, 371–72, 393, 439
Martin, Pete, 296, 324
Marx, Arthur, 94, 96, 420, 473–74
Marx, Chico, 133, 156, 165
Marx, Groucho, 9, 156, 184, 234, 237, 464, 484
Marx Brothers, 5, 53, 74, 79, 120, 241, 484
M*A*S*H, 6, 8, 275, 406
Masterpiece of Murder, A, 465
Mather, Samuel, 35
Mathers, Jerry, 313
Maxwell, Marilyn, 265, 272, 274
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, 5, 223, 227, 232–34, 249–50, 276, 297, 448, 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, 450
“Mother Had Hopes” (Jim Hope), 27, 36, 39, 75–76
Motion Picture Herald, 279
movies, 46, 59, 74, 91–92, 231, 263–66
Crosby’s career in, 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
Hope’s career in, 4–6, 14–15, 79–83, 100–102, 105, 107–8, 111–12, 116–28, 130, 135–40, 145–58, 161–64, 167–73, 175–77, 185–89, 192–97, 200, 207–8, 210, 214–15, 218–19, 221, 223–27, 232–36, 241–43, 247, 249–50, 253–60, 263, 269–72, 275–76, 279–88, 290, 293, 295–98, 300–302, 304–5, 307, 310, 312–19, 324, 328–29, 332–34, 341–42, 351–55, 371, 378–79, 399–400, 407, 409, 419–22, 426–28, 431, 436, 442, 448, 450, 472, 476, 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, 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, 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, 131, 136, 165, 189, 213, 216, 219, 223, 237, 239, 255, 271, 291–93, 295
Hope’s seventy-fif
th 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, 309–10, 314, 317–18, 323–24, 328, 330–32, 338, 342, 354, 364, 369–70, 376, 394, 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, 1, 12, 34, 41, 54, 65, 82, 96, 105, 122, 134–35, 139, 204, 220, 236, 240, 248, 252, 287–88, 293, 295, 297, 318, 323, 328, 332, 334–35, 346, 349, 373, 405, 408, 427, 442, 450, 476, 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, 52, 58–59, 62, 64, 67–68, 70–72, 74, 76–78, 85, 87–89, 104, 127–28
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
Vietnam War and, 3, 390–91, 393–95, 400, 404, 409, 411–16, 422
No Applause—Just Throw Money (Trav), 68
North Africa, 326–28
World War II and, 194–96, 200–205, 213, 236
Nothing But the Truth, 172–73, 175, 188
Novena Notes, 216–17
Now and Then, 480
Nugent, Elliott, 145, 172, 235
Nugent, Frank, 125, 138
Oakie, Jack, 100, 120, 151
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