Frederic Chapin (December 1, 1873 – December 27, 1947) was an American screenwriter and composer. His name was also written as Frederick Chapin. He wrote the scores for several Broadway musicals.[1] In addition he worked writing screenplays during the silent and early sound eras.[2]
On November 11, 1912, he opened a four-act farce called C.O.D. on Broadway at the Gaiety Theatre, which was fairly successful, in spite of many negative reviews such that one reviewer felt the need to quote reviews from The Sun and others, while The New York Times found the play funny and well acted.[4]
The day before the play opened, he told The Detroit New Tribune, "I wrote six plays--every one turned out to have a great theme, but all were faulty in the way it was developed." He claims to have completely rewritten C.O.D. prior to its production, claiming he threw the original script in the garbage and started from scratch after the fourth producer finally accepted it.[5]Tefft Johnson directed a film version of C.O.D. in 1914 with Harry Davenport, Hughie Mack, and Charles Brown in the title roles (men with the initials, C.O.D.).
Scenarist
From 1914 to 1932, Chapin worked as a scenarist in Hollywood. His work included The Woman in 47.
Return to composing
Chapin returned to composing with Unashamed, a 1938 nudist romance. He also appeared as a film stand-in, for which he use the name "Fred Fuller."[6] According to the Internet Movie Database, "Fuller" played "Younger Dolittle" in Made for Each Other and was a stand-in and had an undetermined role in Bachelor Mother.
