MIRIAM HOPKINS - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH CIRCA 1936 - HFSID 289536

MIRIAM HOPKINS
Studio photo for her appearance in These Three, inscribed in person to collector Saul Goodman
Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Saul/Miriam Hopkins". B/w, 8x10. Promotional photo for the film These Three (1936). Collector's ink note on verso dates signature March 16, 1936. Miriam Hopkins (1902-1972, born Ellen Miriam Hopkins in Savannah, Georgia) was an American actress with over 50 movies and TV shows to her credit between 1928 and 1969. Hopkins trained to be a ballerina, but a broken ankle turned her attention to acting. She received her start on the stage, turning in 17 Broadway appearances between 1921 and 1959, more often than not playing Southern belles. She had notable performances in 1933's Jezebel at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre and her final Broadway appearance as a replacement for Jo Van Fleet in Look Homeward Angel (1957-1959). She broke into film in the 1928 short The Home Girl and turned memorable performances in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) and Becky Sharp (1935). These Three featured a love triangle, with Hopkins and Merle Oberon competing for the affection of Joel McRae. Saul Goodman (1919-2003), a New York business man by day, pursued his love of film and theatre in the evening, making friends with many celebrities. While other autograph seekers offered album leaves, Goodman presented stars with snazzy photographs, a rarity then, to sign in fountain pen. Diagonal crease in lower left corner. Scattered surface marks and impressions. Otherwise, fine condition.