Bing Crosby, Ray Bolger, Johnny Cash, and Raquel Welch join Bob Hope for what he calls"the highlight of my career." It's an entertainment benefit for the Eisenhower Medical Center (under construction in California).
The program was taped in the Grand Ballroom of New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel where Bob raised more than two million dollars for the center.
Honored guests include Mamie Eisenhower, astronauts Frank Borman, Neil Armstrong and Walter Schirra, Terrence Cardinal Cooke, Governor and Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller and 11 Medal of Honor winners.
Highlights: A medley of Cash's hits, songs by the West Point Glee Club (and Bob and Bing) an Oleg Cassini fashion show and an audience singalong with Ray Bolger.
Dupe of #7743
Bing Crosby, Ray Bolger, Johnny Cash, and Raquel Welch join Bob Hope for what he calls"the highlight of my career." It's an entertainment benefit for the Eisenhower Medical Center (under construction in California).
The program was taped in the Grand Ballroom of New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel where Bob raised more than two million dollars for the center.
Honored guests include Mamie Eisenhower, astronauts Frank Borman, Neil Armstrong and Walter Schirra, Terrence Cardinal Cooke, Governor and Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller and 11 Medal of Honor winners.
Highlights: A medley of Cash's hits, songs by the West Point Glee Club (and Bob and Bing) an Oleg Cassini fashion show and an audience singalong with Ray Bolger.
Dupe of #7743 and #16335.
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