Actors
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered general works on both male and female actors collectively, works on both male and female stage actors collectively and works on individual male and female stage actors. Works on male actors collectively are entered under [Male actors.] Works on female actors collectively are entered under [Actresses.] Works on actors, collectively or individually, specializing in particular media are entered under the appropriate specific heading, e.g. [Television actors and actresses,] with an additional heading [Male actors] or [Actresses,] assigned as appropriate to works of collective biography. Use for: Stage actors ; Theater actors ; Theatrical actors
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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