DE WOLF HOPPER SIGNS A PHOTOGRAPH TO HIS YOUNG CO-STAR

WILLIAM DE WOLF HOPPER (1858-1935). Hopper was an American actor, singer, and comedian.

PS. 7.25” x 9.25”. 1924. N.p. [Washington D.C.] A black-and-white photograph inscribed and signed “To little Sweetie Aires with my best wishes De Wolf Hopper”. Mary “Sweetie” Aires was one of Hopper’s young co-stars in the 1924 Washington D.C. production of the musical Wang. Hopper had premiered Wang in New York in 1891. The photo is attached to the inside front cover of a thin binder with a drawing of the Wang elephant on the cover. On the inside back cover is a signed photograph by another Hopper co-star. “To Sweetie Aires with best wishes from Ethel Clark”. The pages in between contain press cuttings about Aires and the three other young co-stars of the Washington production. The Hopper photograph is in good condition with some tape and wear to the edges, especially the right edge that meets the binder’s spine.