BOB HOPE - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 06/10/1977 - HFSID 277999

BOB HOPE
Hope signed this typed letter on his personalized stationery to Jerry Alten, TV Guide's art director, in 1977, thanking him for a caricature. Accompanied by original mailing envelope.
Typed letter signed "Bob Hope". 1 page, 7x10½, on Hope's personalized stationery. June 10, 1977. Addressed to Mr. Jerry Alten, Art Director, TV Guide, Radnor, Pennsylvania. In full: "Dear Mr. Alten: I want to thank you very much for sending me the picture. I will save that for my museum that I hope to build in Burbank one of these days. It is a very interesting caricature and I appreciate it. Thanks again. Regards, BOB HOPE". Lightly toned, creased and rippled. Folded twice and unfolded. Otherwise in fine condition. Accompanied by: Original mailing envelope with Hope's name engraved on flap. Postmarked Van Nuys, California, June 10, 1977, addressed to Mr. Jerry Alten, Art Director, TV Guide, Radnor, Pennsylvania. With one 13¢ brown-on-light-brown Liberty Bell stamp. Lightly toned, soiled and creased. Envelope is cut open at top edge. Otherwise in fine condition. Hope (1903-2003, born Leslie Townes Hope in Eltham, London, England) was a popular vaudeville performer from the 1920s, starring in Broadway musicals of the 1930s including Roberta and Red, Hot and Blue. Among the most popular of his 53 films were the "Road to ..." movies with Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour, beginning with The Road to Singapore (1940). He won three honorary awards from the Academy of Motion Pictures (1940, 1944, 1965). Seven months before Pearl Harbor, he appeared in the first of his shows for American servicemen, a tradition he would continue through a Persian Gulf tour in 1991. His success as a comedian continued unabated from radio to television with the long-running Bob Hope Show (1950-1967) and with guest appearances continuing through 1992. A well known philanthropist, friend to Presidents, and avid golfer with his own tournament (the Bob Hope Desert - later Chrysler - Classic, begun in 1960), Hope has made an enduring contribution to American culture.