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Ten North Frederick (1955) won the National Book Award and Butterfield 8 (1935) and From the Terrace (1958) were adapted into movies in 1960. He died from cardiovascular disease on April 11, 1970.
At her father’s funeral, Ann Chapin thinks back over the last five years of his life, years dominated by a selfish and dissatisfied wife and eased only by alcohol. But it starts to emerge that there was in fact one brief and unsuspected period of happiness and love.
Summaries. At his father's funeral, Joe Chapin thinks back over the last five years of his life, years of apparent political and personal failure dominated by a selfish and dissatisfied wife and eased only by alcohol. But it starts to emerge that there was in fact one brief and unsuspected period of happiness and love. — Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
John O'Hara. American writer John Henry O'Hara contributed short stories to the New Yorker and wrote novels, such as BUtterfield 8 (1935) and Ten North Frederick (1955). Best-selling works of John Henry O'Hara include Appointment in Samarra . People particularly knew him for an uncannily accurate ear for dialogue.
Nov 20, 2015 · Philip Dunne directs this 1950s drama starring Ann (Diane Varsi) as a young woman reflecting on her father's life. At the funeral of her father, Joe Chapin (...
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In Apr 1945, outside Ten North Frederick Street in Gibbsville, Pennsylvania, a newscaster reports on the funeral of prominent attorney Joseph P. Chapin. As the governor, district attorney and other dignitaries file into the house, Chapin's widow Edith addresses the gathering. While the cold-blooded, selfish Edith eulogizes the man she never loved, her son and daughter, Joby and Ann, wonder why their father lost his will to live. Ann's memories return to a happier time, five years earlier, at ...
At his father's funeral, Joe Chapin thinks back over the last five years of his life, years of apparent political and personal failure dominated by a selfish and dissatisfied wife and eased only ...
