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Auction History Result 3t341 CASEY AT THE BAT LC '16 great image of DeWolf Hopper as the famous poetic baseball player! Date Sold 12/14/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card (LC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) Casey at the Bat, the 1916 Lloyd Ingraham silent baseball sports melodrama (based on the classic poem by Ernest Lawrence Thayer) starring DeWolf Hopper Sr. (billed as "De Wolf Hopper"; in the title role as Casey; he was the husband of Hedda Hooper from 1913 to 1924), Kate Toncray, Mae Giraci, Carl Stockdale, and William H. Brown. Note that DeWolf Hopper was also a vaudeville comedian who was the first to recite "Casey at the Bat" on stage in 1888, and it is estimated that he did over 10,000 performances of the poem over the next 44 years! Also note that this is a "lost" film which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that movie paper of any kind from this first version of a movie based on the classic poem is beyond scarce. We have never seen ANY movie paper item from this movie until we were consigned this lobby card! Condition: very good to fine. There are pinholes around the edges and a few faint smudges. There was a piece of tape on the back of the top blank border and on the back of the top left corner, but they were not put there for a restoration purpose (they likely held the card in a frame). Otherwise, the card is in remarkable condition, and it is not at all fragile. Learn More about condition grades 
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