LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Bob Hope: Broadway Oct
built 193 days ago
Buoyed by his Broadway successes, Hope opted to try movies again, but, mindful of his aborted first bid, he tiptoed into them with another short. “Going Spanish” (filmed in 1934 at the Astoria studio in Queens, N.Y., while “Roberta” was running) wasn’t much better — but it was releasable. In fact, he quipped to Walter Winchell, “When they catch John Dillinger, they’re going to make him sit through it twice.” That crack made the column and cost Hope a contract for two additional shorts with unamused Educational Pictures.
Source:
Hope returned to New York City and subsequently appeared in several Broadway musicals, including Roberta, Say When, the 1936 Ziegfeld Follies, and Red, Hot and Blue with Ethel Merman. His performances were generally well-received and critics noted his keen sense of comedic timing. He changed his name from "Leslie" to "Bob," reportedly because people in the U.S. were calling him "Hopelessly," although in the 1920s he sometimes used the name "Lester Hope."
Source:
Synopsis: This second of four film adaptations of Damon Runyon's Little Miss Marker is tailored to the talents of Bob Hope. A shifty Broadway bookie, Sorrowful Jones (Hope) becomes a reluctant foster parent when an anxious gambler leaves behind his little girl Martha Jane (Mary Jane Saunders) as a "marker,"Read More
Source:
MORE ABOUT
Broadway Oct