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James Chapin(1889-1924)

  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Additional Crew
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James Chapin was born in 1889. He was a director and assistant director, known for After Dark (1924), Surging Seas (1924) and Hutch of the U.S.A. (1924). He died on 5 October 1924 in Hollywood, California, USA.
Bornc. 1889
DiedOctober 5, 1924
Bornc. 1889
DiedOctober 5, 1924
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Known for

After Dark
6.6
  • Director
  • 1924
Charles Hutchison in Surging Seas (1924)
Surging Seas
  • Director
  • 1924
Ernie Adams, Charles Hutchison, Frank Leigh, Alphonse Martell, and Jack Mathis in Hutch of the U.S.A. (1924)
Hutch of the U.S.A.
  • Director
  • 1924
Virtue's Revolt
  • Director
  • 1924

Credits

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Director



  • After Dark
    6.6
    • Director
    • 1924
  • Virtue's Revolt
    • Director
    • 1924
  • Turned Up
    • Director
    • 1924
  • Poison
    • Director
    • 1924
  • Ernie Adams, Charles Hutchison, Frank Leigh, Alphonse Martell, and Jack Mathis in Hutch of the U.S.A. (1924)
    Hutch of the U.S.A.
    • Director
    • 1924
  • Charles Hutchison in Surging Seas (1924)
    Surging Seas
    • Director
    • 1924

Second Unit or Assistant Director



  • Boris Karloff, Dorothy Devore, and Herbert Rawlinson in The Prairie Wife (1925)
    The Prairie Wife
    • assistant director
    • 1925
  • Wesley Barry in Rags to Riches (1922)
    Rags to Riches
    • assistant director
    • 1922
  • Vera Gordon in Your Best Friend (1922)
    Your Best Friend
    • assistant director
    • 1922
  • Mabel Ballin in Other Women's Clothes (1922)
    Other Women's Clothes
    • assistant director
    • 1922

Additional Crew



  • Charles Hutchison in Surging Seas (1924)
    Surging Seas
    • technical director
    • 1924

Personal details

  • Born
    • c. 1889
  • Died
    • October 5, 1924
    • Hollywood, California, USA(pneumonia)
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Articles

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    Son of screenwriter Frederick Chapin.

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