Chester B. Clapp
Chester Blinn Clapp | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 19, 1883 Marblehead, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | Death date unknown |
| Other names | C.B. Clapp |
| Education | Tufts University (BA), Middlebury College |
| Occupations | Screenwriter, journalist, businessperson |
Chester Blinn Clapp (February 19, 1883 – death date unknown), also known as C.B. Clapp, was an American screenwriter. He is known for his early 20th-century scenario writing for film.[1] In his later life he was a businessman and worked in the shoe industry.
Life and career
Chester Blinn Clapp was born on February 19, 1883, in Marblehead, Massachusetts.[2] He was the son of Albert B. Clapp.[2] Clapp attended Tufts University (BA degree 1900) in Massachusetts,[3] and Middlebury College (c. 1901–1905) in Middlebury, Vermont.[2][4][5]
In his early career Clapp worked for the New York Dramatic Mirror, a theatrical trade newspaper.[6] He interviewed Blanche Walsh about the difference between acting on the stage and for films for the paper;[7] and in 1912 he wrote about Florence Lawrence for the paper.[8] Starting in May 1915, Clapp worked at the short-lived Reliance-Majestic Studios as a scenario writer.[6][9] Clapp later worked as a personal writer and advisor to film director Raoul Walsh (R. A. Walsh) at the American Film Company;[1][10] and was on the writing staff for Eugene B. Lewis at Universal City Studios starting in 1917.[11]
Clapp worked on a 1915 screen adaptation of Horace Hazeltine's novel The Sable Lorcha.[12] He was contracted to adapt a screenplay for a William Russell feature film titled, A Night in New York.[1] The film New York Luck (1917) written by Clapp and starring Russell was released that year.
In the 1920s, Clapp returned to Massachusetts and worked in the shoe industry with his father.[13]
Filmography
- The Wolf Man (1915)
- Added Fuel (1915)[14]
- Old Heidelberg (1915)[15][16][17]
- A Mother's Justice (1915)[18]
- The Sable Lorcha (1915), screenplay adaptation of novel The Sable Lorcha (1912) by Horace Hazeltine[12][19][20][21]
- Out of Bondage (1915)[22]
- The Silent Lie (1917), screenplay adaptation of the short story "Conahan" by Larry Evans[23]
- The Conqueror (1917), screenplay adaptation from a story by Henry Christeen Warnack[24]
- Snap Judgment (1917)
- New York Luck (1917)[25][26]
- Betrayed (1917)[23]
- Miss Jackie of the Army (1917), screenplay adaptation from a story “Doing Her Bit” by Beatrice Van and William Parker[27][28][29]
References
- ^ a b c "Dramatic Mirror of Motion Pictures and the Stage". 1917. p. 21.
- ^ a b c Catalogue of Officers and Students of Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont: And of Others who Have Received Degrees, 1800-1915. Middlebury College. 1917.
- ^ Catalogue. Tufts University. 1900. p. 262.
- ^ "Old Middlebury Opens". St. Albans Daily Messenger. September 20, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved December 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Alumni Attention". The Middlebury Campus. February 7, 1923. p. 2. Retrieved December 27, 2025.
- ^ a b Fourth Estate: A Weekly Newspaper for Publishers, Advertisers, Advertising Agents and Allied Interests. Fourth Estate Publishing Company. May 1, 1915. p. 23.
- ^ Young, William C. (1975). Famous Actors and Actresses on the American Stage: K-Z. R. R. Bowker. p. 1130. ISBN 978-0-8352-0821-5.
- ^ Bordwell, David; Staiger, Janet; Thompson, Kristin (1985). The Classical Hollywood Cinema: Film Style & Mode of Production to 1960. Columbia University Press. p. 426. ISBN 978-0-231-06055-4.
- ^ "At the theaters". Cherryvale Republican. April 23, 1915. p. 4. Retrieved December 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Condon, Mabel (1917). "Dramatic Mirror of Motion Pictures and the Stage". p. 22.
- ^ "Eugene Lewis hires Chester B Clapp for writing films". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. January 5, 1917. p. 6. Retrieved December 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "The Moving Picture World". 1915. p. 327.
- ^ "Shoes and Leather Trade". The Daily Item. July 28, 1920. p. 14. Retrieved December 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ ""SOB Sister" of the Screen". The Florida Times-Union. May 9, 1915. p. 48. Retrieved December 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Triangle Day at Strand". The Tampa Tribune. December 9, 1915. p. 5. Retrieved December 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ ""Old Heidelberg" on Local Screen". Great Falls Tribune. December 5, 1915. p. 8. Retrieved December 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Dorothy Gish Will Appear at Trent". The Times. December 5, 1915. p. 23. Retrieved December 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Usai, Paolo Cherchi (July 25, 2019). The Griffith Project, Volume 12: Essays on D.W. Griffith. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-83902-004-9.
- ^ "At The Mission". The Santa Barbara Daily News and the Independent. December 28, 1915. p. 2. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
- ^ "Article clipped from The Santa Barbara Daily News and the Independent". The Santa Barbara Daily News and the Independent. December 28, 1915. p. 2. Retrieved December 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Picture Program Romance, Tragedy". The Times. December 21, 1915. p. 7. Retrieved December 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Usai, Paolo Cherchi (July 25, 2019). The Griffith Project, Volume 12: Essays on D.W. Griffith. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-83902-003-2.
- ^ a b Moss, Marilyn Ann (June 17, 2011). Raoul Walsh: The True Adventures of Hollywood's Legendary Director. University Press of Kentucky. p. 285. ISBN 978-0-8131-3990-6 – via Google Books.
- ^ Gevinson, Alan (1997). Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-20964-0.
- ^ ""New York Luck" A Mutual Feature". Dramatic Mirror of Motion Pictures and the Stage. Dramatic Mirror Company. December 15, 1917 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Nickelodeon". December 22, 1917. p. 1289 – via Google Books.
- ^ "What Press Agents Say Of Their Attractions". Lansing State Journal. January 1, 1918. p. 9. Retrieved December 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "At the Macdonald Theater Today". The Independent. August 31, 1918. p. 3. Retrieved December 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "At the Royal Grand". Leader-Tribune. March 30, 1918. p. 6. Retrieved December 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.