BOB HOPE - Fame, Family & FORGIVENESS

A CAREER IN SHOWBIZ GAVE HIM JOY, BUT THE HOLLYWOOD LEGEND WAS ALWAYS HAPPIEST AT HOME

- Hilary Hattenbach

It was “love at first song,” said Bob Hope of the moment he first spotted Dolores Reade singing “Paper Moon” in a New York supper club. And as in all classic meet cute stories, Dolores felt the same spark. “It really was instant love between us,” she said. “I told my mother, ‘I think I met my husband.’” The couple wed a few months later and teamed up to perform in Bob’s vaudeville act.