Chapman, John, 1900-1972
Person
Biography
Chapman, John Arthur is the son of Chapman, Arthur. Drama editor and drama critic for the New York Daily News
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Chapman, John
File
Identifier: M123.03.0040.0006
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Photographs of John Chapman, a performer with the Central City Opera
Dates:
1930-1969
John A. Chapman Papers
Collection
Identifier: M039
Abstract
John Chapman (1900-1972), nicknamed ''Old Frostface'' by the press and ''The Curmudgeon'' by affectionate colleagues, was a drama critic for the New York Daily News in the 1930s through the 1950s. Chapman spent some time reviewing movies in Hollywood, but his base was always in Manhattan. He and his wife Georgia also maintained a home in Westport, Connecticut. He was the son of Arthur Chapman, a Denver, Colorado newspaperman best known for his poem ''Out Where the West Begins.'' The bulk...
Dates:
1874-1979
John Chapman, 1955
Item
Identifier: M123.03.0040.0006.00001
Abstract
Portrait of John Chapman, the drama critic for the New York Daily News who worked with the Central City Opera.
Dates:
1955
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