Finding Aid for the Anne Morrison Chapin papers, 1922- ca.1980s, bulk dates 1940s-1950s

Finding aid prepared by Lauren Jung with assistance from Julie L. Graham; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.

UCLA Library Special Collections

Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1575

(310) 825-4988

spec-coll@library.ucla.edu

Descriptive Summary

Title: Anne Morrison Chapin papers

Collection number: 2134

Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 8.6 linear ft. (22 boxes)

Date (bulk): Bulk, 1940-1950

Date (inclusive): 1922-ca. 1980s (bulk 1940s-1950s)

Abstract: Anne Morrison Chapin was a playwright, and screenwriter. The collection consists of motion picture, television, and stage scripts and story material, with a small mount of clippings, correspondence, and contracts related to Chapin's career.

Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.

Creator: Chapin, Anne Morrison

Restrictions on Access

Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.

Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Anne Morrison Chapin (Collection 2134). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 7123439

Biography/History

Mary Hazel Hawkins, later changed to Anne Morrison Chapin, was born on January 5, 1892 in Indiana. She started her career as a Broadway stage actress in 1918 and performed in such plays as The Bat within Four Walls, Dear Brutus, A Proud Woman, and Why Marry? From 1923 to 1934 Chapin wrote Jonsey, No Questions Asked, Pigs, This Man is Mine, and The Wild Westcotts, all of which were produced on Broadway. In 1934, her story This Man is Mine was produced by RKO. She was a screenwriter for the next 14 years. Among her screen credits are Big City (1948), Dangerous Corner (1934), Listen, Darling (1938), Sailor Takes a Wife (1946), and This Man Is Mine (1934). Her television credits include Child of the Wind, an episode from the series Climax! and The Saint and the Senorita from the series Fireside Theatre. Chapin died in West Hollywood, California on April 7, 1967.

Scope and Content

The bulk of the collection consists of script material written by Anne Morrison Chapin for motion picture, television, and stage projects. Among the known produced projects represented are the films Big City, Dangerous Corner, The Sailor Takes a Wife, the stage production This Man is Mine, also known as Love Flies in the Window, and the episode Child of the Wind from the television series Climax! Also included are story pages, treatments, outlines, synopses, and holographic notes. Additionally, there is a small amount of clippings, business contracts and correspondence, what appear to be short stories, and a very small amount of personal documents and correspondence. Among the files are writings by others; it is not apparent whether these items were submitted to Chapin for her consideration or if she was in any way involved with these projects. The processor was unable to determine if all the projects represented in the collection were produced.

Organization and Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically by file titles.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Chapin, Anne Morrison, 1892-1967 -- Archives

Women dramatists--United States-Archival resources

Women screenwriters--United States - Archival resources

Box 21

A-H correspondence (1951-1952)

Box 21

I-Z correspondence (1949-1952)

Box 1

1919 On - research notes (no date)

Box 2

After the Verdict - clippings and typed Time Magazine excerpt (1943, 1953)

Box 2

Amos 'N' Andy - television script (1951)

General note

Episode: Fur Coat.

Box 2

Anemone - scene outline (no date)

Box 1

Anne Morrison Chapin - autobiography (no date, 1947)

Box 2

Auction Bride - story pages (no date)

Box 2

Auction Bride - story pages (no date)

Box 22

Barbara Challis photographs (MGM actress) (no date, 1946)

Box 2

Bargain Day, A Comedy in One Act - play script (no date)

Box 2

Bee Sharp, A Comedy in Three Acts - play script (1922)

Box 2

Bee Sharp, A Comedy in Three Acts - play script pages (no date)

Box 2

Behind the Verdict, A Drama in Three Acts - play script (no date)

Box 2

Benjamin Pullrod treatment (no date)

Box 2

Best Man That Ever Did It (The) - short story (no date)

Box 2

Biff Baker, U.S.A - outline (no date)

Box 2

Biff Baker, U.S.A. - outline (no date)

Box 2

Big City - data (1946-1947, 1952)

Box 2

Big City (The) (Brothers of the East Side) - treatment (1946)

Box 2

Blue Poppy (The) - typescript story pages (1957)

Box 2

Born to Headlines - scene outline (no date)

Box 2

Born to Headlines - scene outline (no date)

Box 2

Born to Headlines - short story (no date)

Box 3

Born Trader - short story (no date)

Box 3

Born Trader - short story (no date, 1932)

Box 3

Born Trader - short story (3 copies) (no date)

Box 3

Born Trader - story pages (no date)

Box 3

Born Trader - story pages (no date)

Box 3

Bride with Family - basis for a television series (1956)

Box 3

Broken Doll - outline and script pages (no date)

Box 3

Broken Doll - play script (1934)

Box 3

Broken Doll - play script (no date)

Box 3

Broken Doll - play script (no date)

Box 3

Broken Doll - script pages (no date)

General note

May be related to Broken Doll.

Box 3

Broken Doll, A Play in Three Acts - play script with clippings and playbill (1933)

Box 3

Broken Doll, A Play in Three Acts - play script (1932)

Box 4

Broken Doll, A Play in Three Acts - play script (1933)

Box 4

Broken Doll, A Play in Three Acts - play script (no date)

Box 4

Broken Doll, A Play in Three Acts - play script (2 copies) (no date)

Box 4

Broken Doll, A Play in Three Acts - play script pages (1932)

Box 4

Built Upon the Rocks - short story (1953)

Box 4

Candidates Wife (The) - outline for a screen play (no date)

Box 5

Candidates Wife (The) - outline for a screen play (10 copies) (1958)

Box 4

Candidates Wife (The) - outline for a screen play (3 copies) (no date)

Box 5

Candidates Wife (The) - story pages (no date)

Box 5

Candidates Wife (The) by Ruth Comfort Mitchell - short story pages (no date)

Box 5

Career Girl story - holographic notes (no date)

Box 5

Casablanca - television script (1955)

General note

Episode: How Long This Night.

Box 4

Certain Events Leading Up To a Tragedy, A Play in Three Acts - play script (no date)

General note

May be related to Broken Doll.

Box 5

Charred Outside - short story (no date)

Box 5

Charred Outside corrected versions from which retyped (no date, 1951)

Box 6

Charred Outside set typed by Suzanne (no date)

Box 6

Charred Outside three original typings (no date)

Box 6

Child of the [?] - script pages (no date)

Box 21

Child of the Wind - contracts, short story, and television script (1954, 1956-1957)

Box 1

Child of the Wind - holographic notes (no date)

General note

Appears to be for Child of the Wind.

Box 6

Child of the Wind - motion picture script (1956)

General note

Chrysler Corporation Presents Climax!

Box 6

Child of the Wind - motion picture script pages (no date, 1956)

General note

With membership certificate for Writers Guild of America.

Box 6

Child of the Wind - motion picture script pages (no date, 1956)

Box 6

Child of the Wind - script (1956)

General note

Chrysler Corporation Presents Climax!

Box 7

Children of the Wind - adaptation (4 copies) (no date)

Box 7

Children of the Wind - adaptation (8 copies) (no date)

Box 7

Children of the Wind- short story with copies of contract (no date, 1954)

Box 1

Clippings (possible research on crime) (1964)

Box 16

Contracts (no date, 1951, 1955, 1958)

General note

A Question of Wills, The Education of Jane Talbot, The Myerling Story, Pink Cloud, The Saint and the Senorita, and The Wise Bamboo.

Box 16

Contracts (1951-1952)

General note

A Question of Wills, The Education of Jane Talbot, Pigs, The Saint and the Senorita, and Vanity and Mrs. Fair.

Box 21

Correspondence and letters (ca. 1950s-1960s)

Box 7

Cross Currents - play script pages (no date)

Box 7

Cross Currents, A Drama in Three Acts - play script (no date)

Box 7

Cross Currents, A Drama in Three Acts - play script (no date)

Box 7

Curtain Rises (The) by Fritz Rotter (4 copies) (no date, 1955)

General note

With correspondence and contract.

Box 8

Dangerous Corner - motion picture script pages (1933)

Box 8

Dangerous Corner, A Play in Three Acts - play script (no date)

Box 8

Denise - short story (no date)

Box 8

Denise - story pages (no date)

Box 8

Doing Life - cast list (ca. 1980s)

Box 8

Education of Jane Talbot (The) - scene outline (2 copies) (1951)

Box 8

Education of Janet Talbot (The) - scripts (2 copies) (1951)

Box 8

Education of Sandra Lansing (The) - episode outlines for proposed television series (no date)

Box 8

Ellie - play script pages (no date)

Box 8

Evil Is the Woman - story pages and act synopses (1957)

Box 8

Fable of an Unhappy Stenographer (The) - short story (no date)

Box 8

For Better or Worse - script (1951)

Box 8

For Better, For Worse - motion picture script (1945)

Box 8

Forsaken Beliefs - scene outline (1951)

Box 8

Forsaken Beliefs - script (5 copies) (1951)

Box 1

Frail Hands - holographic notes and story pages (1950)

Box 8

Frail Hands - short story (1950)

Box 8

Frail Hands - short story (1950)

Box 9

Frail Hands - short story (no date)

Box 13

Funeral Piece/A Nice Funeral - story pages (no date, 1962)

Box 9

Galley Slave - play script pages (no date)

Box 9

Happy Ending, A Play in Three Acts - play script (2 copies) (no date)

Box 9

Happy Ending, A Play in Three Acts - play script (2 copies) (no date)

Box 9

Heart Song by Charles S. Gardner - play script (1955)

Box 9

Her Favorite Baritone - proposal and episode synopses (1953)

Box 9

Her Perfect Baritone -treatment (1950)

Box 9

Horses (Records and Standings) - vignette (no date)

Box 9

Hot Walker - corrected first draft (no date, 1960-1961)

Box 1

Hot Walker - holographic notes (no date)

General note

Appears to be for Hot Walker.

Box 1

Hot Walker - holographic notes and typed story pages (no date)

General note

Appears to be for Hot Walker.

Box 10

Hot Walker - outline (1 copies) (1961)

Box 9

Hot Walker - outline (4 copies) (1961)

Box 10

Hot Walker - outline pages (1961)

Box 10

Hot Walker - short story (1960)

Box 10

Hot Walker - short story (1960)

Box 10

Hot Walker - short story (2 copies) (1960)

Box 10

Hot Walker - short story (6 copies) (1960-1961)

Box 11

Hot Walker - story pages (no date)

Box 11

Hot Walker - story pages (no date, 1961)

Box 11

Hucksters (The) - motion picture script (1946)

Box 11

Idled Hands - story pages and outline (1953)

Box 1

Indian Story - holographic and typed notes and story pages (no date, 1961)

Box 11

Jack Patrick - story pages (no date)

Box 1

Jack Patrick Story (The) - outline and holographic notes (no date, 1961)

Box 19

JG check Untitled treatment (Traveling Sales Persons - outline) (1947)

Box 11

Kings Row - pitch for television series (no date)

Box 11

Loom-Up - television script (1955)

Box 11

Loom-Up - television script pages (1955)

Box 11

Loom-Up - television script pages (1955)

Box 1

Loom-Up - television scripts, holographic notes, and clippings (no date, 1955)

Box 11