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Anna Alice Chapin(1880-1920)

  • Writer
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Author and playwright Anna Alice Chapin was born on December 16, 1880, at Newport, New York, to Dr. Frederick Windle Chapin and Anna Jenkins Hoppin. She would go on to be a popular writer of novels, short stories and fairy tales. Chapin collaborated with Glen MacDonough on the libretto "Babes in Toyland" (1904) and was the author of at least two books on music, "Wonder Tales from Wagner" (1898) and "Masters of Music: Their Lives and Works" (1901). She also wrote several plays with her husband, British-born actor/playwright, Robert Peyton Carter.

Anna Alice Chapin died on February 26, 1920 at her residence in New York City. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1918.

Chicago Tribune February 27, 1920, Los Angeles Times, July 8, 1918, Miles Hewitt family Genealogy, The Critic, An Illustrated Monthly Review of Literature, Art and Life, July-December 1904,
BornDecember 16, 1880
DiedFebruary 27, 1920(39)
BornDecember 16, 1880
DiedFebruary 27, 1920(39)
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Known for

Florence Vidor in The Girl of Gold (1925)
The Girl of Gold
6.9
  • Writer(as Anna Chapin)
  • 1925
Shirley Temple in Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958)
Shirley Temple's Storybook
7.4
TV Series
  • Writer
Mountain Madness (1920)
Mountain Madness
  • Writer
  • 1920
James Kirkwood and Mary Pickford in The Eagle's Mate (1914)
The Eagle's Mate
5.1
  • Writer
  • 1914

Credits

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  • Ray Bolger, Annette Funicello, Tommy Sands, and Ed Wynn in Babes in Toyland (1961)
    Babes in Toyland
    6.1
    • libretto
    • 1961
  • Shirley Temple in Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958)
    Shirley Temple's Storybook
    7.4
    TV Series
    • libretto
    • 1960
  • Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, and Hal Roach in March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934)
    March of the Wooden Soldiers
    7.1
    • libretto (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • Florence Vidor in The Girl of Gold (1925)
    The Girl of Gold
    6.9
    • story (as Anna Chapin)
    • 1925
  • Mountain Madness (1920)
    Mountain Madness
    • novel
    • 1920
  • William Russell in Sacred Silence (1919)
    Sacred Silence
    6.5
    • play "The Deserters"
    • 1919
  • James Kirkwood and Mary Pickford in The Eagle's Mate (1914)
    The Eagle's Mate
    5.1
    • novel
    • 1914

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Anna Chapin
  • Born
    • December 16, 1880
    • New York, New York, USA
  • Died
    • February 27, 1920
    • New York, New York, USA
  • Spouse
    • Robert Peyton CarterDecember 20, 1906 - June 8, 1918 (his death)
  • Other works
    Stage: Wrote "The Deserter", produced on Broadway. NOTE: Filmed as Sacred Silence (1919).
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    • 2 Articles

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    Father: Frederick Windle Chapin; Mother: Anna Jenkins Hoppin.

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