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1919 TO,1998 BOB HOPE TRIVIA & EDITO CARD MOVIE & T.V. STAR + 2 MORE CARDS

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    MOVIE STAR
    CARDS
    BOB HOPE
    1919 TO 1998 --ACTOR
    MOVIE STAR  CARD
    1950's DUTCH CARDS
    CANADIAN TRIVIA CARD
    EDITO CARD
    This movie star cards are from
    "1919 to 1998  EXHIBIT".
    Leslie Townes
    "
    Bob
    "
    Hope
    KBE
    (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was a
    British-American
    stand-up comedian
    ,
    [2]
    vaudevillian
    , actor, singer, dancer, and author. With a career that spanned nearly 80 years, Hope appeared in
    more than 70 short and feature films
    , with 54 feature films with Hope as star, including a series of seven "
    Road
    " musical comedy movies with
    Bing Crosby
    as Hope's top-billed partner.
    In addition to hosting the
    Academy Awards
    show 19 times,
    more than any other host
    , Hope appeared in many stage productions and television roles and wrote 14 books. The song "
    Thanks for the Memory
    " was his signature tune. Hope was born in the
    Eltham
    district of southeast
    London
    , arrived in the United States with his family at the age of four, and grew up near
    Cleveland, Ohio
    .
    After a brief career as a
    boxer
    in the late 1910s, Hope began his career in show business in the early 1920s, initially as a comedian and dancer on the vaudeville circuit, before acting on
    Broadway
    . Hope began appearing on radio and in films starting in 1934. He was praised for his comedic timing, specializing in one-liners and rapid-fire delivery of jokes that were often
    self-deprecating
    . He helped establish modern American stand-up comedy.
    [2]
    Between 1941 and 1991, Hope made 57 tours for the
    United Service Organizations
    , entertaining active duty American military personnel around the world. In 1997, the
    United States Congress
    passed a bill that made Hope an honorary veteran of the
    U.S. Armed Forces
    .
    [3]
    He also appeared in numerous television specials for
    NBC
    during his career and was one of the first users of
    cue cards
    .
    Hope retired from public life in 1997 and died on July 27, 2003, at the age of 100 in his
    Toluca Lake
    home
    THIS WOULD BE AN ATTRACTIVE SET TO HAVE FRAMED!!! - A must-have for any collector of MOVIE STAR memorabilia!!
    This is
    BOB HOPE
    This card is in
    Nice  (SEE SCAN)
    condition.
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