Command Performance with Bob Hope, Betty Hutton, Lana Turner & Judy Garland

[@christinanielsen1917]

The stage their on was the same stage where the first episode of I love Lucy was taped. I was an intern there during oj Simpson trial working at kcbs news. In order for me to go from my office to get to the video room I would pass this stage. The drapes ( VERY old and dusty) were covering the stage that had hundreds of books and videos scattered all over. I didn't understand why there was a stage there and didn't realize the historical significance until after I left. The video guy told me exactly 50 years to the day when this Bob Hope show was on that before there was television there was radio and famous people appeared on radio. At the time I had taken several film classes and NEVER remember hearing this from any of my professors except when mentioning Orson Welles radio show about martians landing and how powerful radio was because some killed themselves believing it to be true. There aren't any words to explain what an honor it was to be in this building. Huell howser was going to do a show on it before he died. Buster Keaton film studio was around the corner. Today it's condos and kcbs news moved more than a decade ago. I even used to show up to work there dressed in my old 1940 suits. I loved the old mysterious Hollywood but not the Hollywood today.

[@ValBlack]

Wow! Great story. Thanks for sharing that with us. I agree with you about the movies of yesterday vs today's. No comparison. They had talent back then and didn't rely on foul language, dripping blood scenes, sex scenes, etc., etc.

[@garylucas7050]

Betty Hutton natural performer ….lovely lady

[@ronfarbman8124]

I LOVE judy. This is why it is called command performance. I could not be better and might I add a time that will not be repeated; in more ways than one,

[@MaskedMan66]

It's called Command Performance because it was created for military personnel.

[@2OldGeeksTalking]

Judy could sing, like no other.

[@IvanRodriguez-hl4pg]

I SO love this footage of Betty singing 'Murder, He Says'! She was as cute as a baby back then and I can watch that clip everyday. I had an LP record with Judy singing 'Over The Rainbow' and crying thru the song. I don't know what became of it but I sure wish I still had it.

[@victorfranko8317]

Bob Hope was the funniest man to ever exist. Behind Jack Benny of course.

[@ronniebishop2496]

You know I can tell that Lana and everyone are sincere, she really loves those guys. She’s an actress but there’s a difference.

[@beachside1]

When Judy did this performance it was 1943 and she was 21 years old. Wish the quality was better. When you think about The Wizard of Oz was filmed in 1939 the quality was exceptional and Judy was 18 years old.

[@ValBlack]

I apologize for the quality. It was taped on an old VCR and I didn't get the format set correctly.

[@alanosterman7130]

Super!! So nice to see Judy actually sing instead of lipsyncing, as she does in her films Wish it was longer.

[@MaskedMan66]

Everybody lipsyncs in musicals; saves wear and tear on the larynx if there are multiple takes.

[@alanosterman7130]

@@MaskedMan66 Yes, I know, that's why I'm glad to see Judy actually singing here. That's why I wrote that.

[@MaskedMan66]

@@alanosterman7130 Fair enough; it sounded like you were being critical.

[@alanosterman7130]

@@MaskedMan66 I love Judy. Will watch her in anything. But still, everybody's critical to some degree all the time. Rarely does anybody ever get carte blanche.

[@MaskedMan66]

@@alanosterman7130 But if anyone deserves it, it's Judy!

[@tonygilder7912]

Superb entertainment with a Million Dollar script.

[@fromthesidelines]

This was filmed during the recording of the November 13, 1943 broadcast. Here's the actual beginning of the program: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWTdeI2GbbmBfbc

[@JJJBRICE]

Do you know the name of the announcer of the program who Bob Hope sidesteps at the end of the program ?

[@fromthesidelines]

Ken Carpenter- who was also Bing's announcer on "THE KRAFT MUSIC HALL" at the time.

[@JJJBRICE]

Hutton, Turner and Garland looked like young high school girls back then before the men , drugs , and alcohol took their toll.

[@GeorgePenton-np9rh]

Betty Hutton, Lana Turner, and Bob Hope----all three converts to Catholicism.