Wednesday, April 29, 1942
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Dear Diary,
Hedda Hopper informed me today that all Bob Hope’s work wasn’t in vain after all. She said, “Because of President Roosevelt’s address to the nation last night, you missed the Bob Hope–Elsie Janis show, but I didn’t, and the whole thing will be in my newest ‘Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood’ short subject. The show was given exclusively for 5000 sailors stationed at Long Beach. Elsie Janis was the sweetheart of the A.E.F. in the last war, and Bob Hope is the greatest entertainer of those men’s sons.
“She’s a great gal, that Elsie Janis—and Bob Hope is no slouch, either.”
Besides seeing the short subject, I may get to hear it Saturday morning if it’s sent to the armed forces by short wave. If it wasn’t recorded last week, I guess I’ll just have to wait.
