Once a clown, always a clown : reminiscences of De Wolf Hopper (1927)

Record Details:

Title:
Once a clown, always a clown : reminiscences of De Wolf Hopper
Date:
1927
Publisher:
Boston : Little, Brown, and Company
Volume:
Once a clown, always a clown : reminiscences of De Wolf Hopper
Leaf #:
00071
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion pictures--Biography
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
December 14, 2023
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LABELED COMIC But through unexpected and enforced changes in two of McCaull's companies, Mark Smith, Junior, a recognized first barytone, was shifted to the company I was joining. Having me on his hands, McCaull, with many misgivings, tried me out in the comedy role of Pomeret in "Desiree", John Philip Sousa's first opera. We opened at the Broad Street Theater, Philadelphia, one of the few theaters of my youth still standing and housing first-class productions, and I was an unexpected and considerable success. I never have been able to live down that success. At the outset I was hugely gratified with it, as one is likely to be with first victories, and when I had tired of it, it was too late. I was catalogued in the card index of the theater and of theatergoers as a singing comedian and a singing comedian I have remained. There are worse destinies. Once many years ago Augustus Thomas was stricken with a great idea. He asked me to go with him to call upon Charles Frohman, without taking me into confidence as to his mission. When we were in Frohman's office, Thomas, to my abashed surprise, began something like this : "Charley, here is your chance to do a big [49]