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 at 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 over 90 movie clips from these legendary films. Also included are commentaries by writers throughout his career as well as a segment with renown film critic, Leonard Maltin.

**Contains Bonus Material Not Included In The American Public Television Broadcast**

• Additional rememberances from Bob Hope's writers:  Mort Lachman (writer, 1947-'48, '51-'75), Melville Shavelson (writer, 1938-'42), Larry Gelbart (writer, 1948-'51), and Sherwood Schwartz
• (writer, 1939-'43).
• Additional commentary on Bob Hope's career from film historian Leonard Maltin
• Narrated by  Fred Applegate