In this video excerpt from Bob Hope’s tv specialRoad To Hollywood….Bob Hope and his guest Martha Hyer reminisce about their time together in the 1958 movie Paris Holiday….as the two perform a typical Bob Hope stand up routine with lots of laughs.
Martha Hyer (August 10, 1924 – May 31, 2014) was an American actress….who is best remembered for her role as Gwen French in Some Came Running in 1958….for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Paris Holiday is a 1958 comedy film starring Bob Hope….which was directed by Gerd Oswald and written by Edmund Beloin….who was Hope’s attorney….and Dean Riesner from a story by Hope. The film also features French comedian Fernandel, Anita Ekberg and Martha Hyer….and a rare appearance by writer/director Preston Sturges. The film was shot in Technirama and Technicolor in Paris….and in the French village of Gambais.
