HOPE WILLIAMS - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 09/22/1979 - HFSID 343156

HOPE WILLIAMS
The 1920s and 30s Broadway star writes to producer Charles Forsythe from her Wyoming ranch, signs name in blue ink
Autograph letter signed: "Hope" in blue ink. 6x4 postcard from Yellowstone National Park, postmarked September 22, 1979 in Cody, Wyoming. Addressed to Broadway producer Charles Forsythe of New York City. In full: "Dear Charlie - I am pleased you liked me in The [illegible]. I truly saw it a time ago at the Met Museum - Be you that only that notices - We must speak of it when I get back - I am same by the [illegible]. Call me - Best". Hope Williams (1897-1990) was a leading Broadway actress in the 1920s and 30s, appearing in nine shows including Paris Bound (1927), Holiday (1928), The New Yorkers (1930), Too True to Be Good (1932), Strike Me Pink (1933) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1939). Katharine Hepburn, who understudied Williams in Holiday and when on to recreate to role for the 1938 film version said, "I stole a great deal from Hope. She was the first fascinating personality from that period, which wasn't really ready for her. She was a woman who blossomed with a little more than she was supposed to." With the outbreak of WWII, Williams moved to a ranch in Wyoming, where she lived the rest of her life; however, she had a place in New York's Upper East Side, where she continued to attend theatre and music events, yet never returned to acting. Edges irregularly cut. Toned. Light surface creases. Soiled. Otherwise, fine condition.