Hope: Entertainer of the Century (90 page)

husband’s Christmas shows and,
251
–52,
259
,
380
–81,
393
,
414

husband’s courtship of,
93
–95

husband’s first meeting with,
92
–93

husband’s illness and,
327
–28

husband’s movie career and,
112
,
119
–20,
197
,
285
–86

husband’s ninetieth birthday and,
475
–76

husband’s radio career and,
159
–60,
245
–46

husband’s retirement and,
478
,
480

husband’s seventy-fifth birthday and,
444
–45

husband’s stage shows and,
140
,
278

husband’s womanizing and,
253
,
276
–77,
303

marriage of,
12
,
95
–98,
159
–60,
197
,
277
–78

physical appearance of,
92
,
99
,
230
religious beliefs of,
12
,
142
,
160
–61,
229
–30,
278
,
368
,
384
,
388
,
452
,
474
,
481

singing career of,
92
–95,
97
–99,
158
–60,
245
–46,
448
,
468
,
476
,
480

vacations of,
140
–43,
236
,
329

vaudeville career of,
98
–99

World War II and,
142
,
177
,
196
–97,
211
,
214
,
228

Hope, Emily (grandmother),
25

Hope, Emily (sister),
26
–27

Hope, Francis James “Jim” (brother),
26
–27,
30
,
98
,
140
,
432

and brother’s childhood and adolescence,
31
–32,
40
,
43
–44

brother’s conflicts with,
231
–32

brother’s vaudeville career and,
55
,
63
,
75
–76,
231
–32

early life in Cleveland of,
36
–37,
39
–40,
43
–44,
46
–47

emigration of,
32
–34

Hope, Frank (uncle),
30
,
34
,
36
–37,
140

Hope, Fred (uncle),
30
,
34
,
36

Hope, Frederick (brother),
26
,
76
,
128
,
140
,
231
,
432

early life in Cleveland of,
39
–41,
44
–47

military career of,
43
–44

Hope, George (brother),
38
,
64
,
140
,
231
,
343
,
392

vaudeville career of,
76
–77

Hope, Honorah (daughter),
229
,
259
,
406

break with family of,
12
,
474
–75

father’s Christmas tours and,
380
–81

father’s relationship with,
302
,
329
,
349

marriage of,
392
–93

Hope, Ivor (brother),
26
,
30
–32,
36
,
39
,
76
,
140
,
231

death of,
392
,
411

Hope, James (grandfather),
25
–28,
141
,
198
,
482

Hope, Judith Richards (daughter-in-law),
384
,
438

Hope, Linda Theresa (daughter),
1
,
285
,
351
,
442
,
481
–83

adoption of,
143
,
157
,
161

childhood of,
229
–30,
236

divorce of,
426
,
436

father’s business style and,
348
,
358

father’s China trip and,
447
,
449

father’s Christmas tours and,
259
,
383
,
467

father’s relationship with,
302
–3,
329
,
436
,
447
,
449
,
459
,
477

father’s retirement and,
476
–79

father’s womanizing and,
277
,
303

Hope Enterprises and,
436
,
447
,
454
–55

marriage of,
388
–89,
393

and sister’s break with family,
474
–75

Hope, Louisa (aunt),
36
,
42

Hope, Mary Byrne (sister-in-law),
64

Hope, Miranda (granddaughter),
2
,
65
,
467

Hope, Sidney (brother),
29
,
39
–41,
76
,
140
,
231
,
424

Hope, William Henry “Harry” (father),
29
–34,
140

background of,
23
–25

emigration of,
30
–33

injuries of,
29
–30

life in Cleveland of,
36
–38,
40
,
43
–44,
50
,
76

life in Great Britain of,
23
–31,
37

marriage of,
26
,
33

physical appearance of,
27
,
37

and son’s childhood and adolescence,
38
,
41
,
43
,
175

son’s vaudeville career and,
50
,
76

wife courted by,
25
–26

Hope, William John “Jack” (brother),
27
,
32
,
39
–41,
231
,
272

brother’s relationship with,
128
–29,
136

brother’s stage shows and,
140
,
226

brother’s television career and,
305
,
311
,
340

death of,
340
,
343

military career of,
43
–44

Hope, William Kelly “Kelly” (son),
229
,
259
,
313
,
350
,
474

father’s Christmas tours and,
380
–81,
393

father’s death and,
482
–83

father’s relationship with,
302
–3,
329

Hope, Wyn (sister-in-law),
231

Hope, Zachary (grandson),
409
,
482
–83

Hope Enterprises,
218
–19,
227
,
255
,
397
,
431
–32,
446
–47

Hope’s daughter and,
436
,
447
,
454
–55

Hope’s movie career and,
298
,
300
,
420

Hope’s television career and,
271
,
309
,
426

Hopper, Hedda,
149
,
305

Hope’s Christmas tours and,
307
,
318
,
326

Hope’s movie career and,
125
,
137
,
298

Houdini, Harry,
52

House, Howard,
468

House of Blue Leaves, The,
349

Howard, Bill,
242
,
286

Howard brothers,
84
–85

“How’d Ya Like to Love Me,”
126

Howdy Doody,
266

How to Commit Marriage,
399
–400,
419

Hudson, Rock,
330

Hughes, Howard,
249

Hughes, Marjorie,
311
–12,
431
–32

Humphrey, Hal,
382

Hunter, Catfish,
435

Huntley and Brinkley,
372

Hurley, Fred,
49
–50,
53
,
55
–58

Hurok, Sol,
323

Hurricane,
151

Hussein, Saddam,
467
–68

Hyde, Johnny,
61

Iacocca, Lee,
483

“I Can’t Get Started,”
107
–8

Iceland,
204
,
307
,
327

“I’ll Be Hard to Handle,”
91

I’ll Take Sweden,
353
,
371
,
420
–21

Impellitteri, Vincent,
295

I Never Left Home
(Hope),
16
,
199
,
203
,
205
–6,
227

Inge, William,
344

Inside the Actors Studio
,
444

International House,
120

In the Heat of the Night,
386

“In the Navy,”
446

Intimate Revue, The,
103
–4,
196

Intimate Strangers
(Schickel),
17

I Owe Russia $1200
(Hope),
321
,
355

Iran hostage crisis,
450

Iraq, Iraq War,
467
–68,
485

Iron Petticoat, The,
304
–5,
307
,
314
–15,
354

“Isn’t It Romantic,”
190

“I Surrender Dear,”
88

“I Thought About You,”
480

It Says Here,
218
,
227
–28,
271

It’s a Gift,
241

“It’s De-Lovely,”
110
,
480

“It’s Only a Paper Moon,”
92
,
476
,
480

“I’ve Got a Right to Sing the Blues,”
102

“I’ve Grown Accustomed to His Face,”
307

Jacobs, Arthur,
319
,
355

Jacobs, Seaman,
439

Japan,
448

Hope’s Christmas tours and,
364
,
387
,
414

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