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Finding Aid for the Anne Morrison Chapin papers, 1922- ca.1980s, bulk dates 1940s-1950s
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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
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.
[Identification of item], Anne Morrison Chapin (Collection 2134). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
7123439
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.
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.
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