John L. Balderston

Forfatter

22. oktober 1889 — 8. marts 1954 (64 år)
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John L. Balderston (October 22, 1889 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - March 8, 1954 Los Angeles, California) was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his horror and fantasy scripts.

Balderston began his career as a journalist. He worked as European war correspondent during World War I. He was the editor of Outlook magazine and a correspondent for the New York World.

In 1927, he was retained by Horace Liveright to revise Hamilton Deane's stage adaptation of Dracula for its American production. His 1929 play Berkeley Square later formed the basis of the musical On a Clear Day You Can See Forever. His Dracula subsequently formed the basis of the 1931 film version, leading Balderston into a screenwriting career, initially for Universal Pictures horror films: in addition to Dracula, he contributed to Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, The Mummy, and Dracula's Daughter. He spent much of his career adapting novels for the screen, including The Prisoner of Zenda in 1937 and 1944's Gaslight, which earned him his second Academy Award nomination (the first was for 1935's The Lives of a Bengal Lancer). He was also one of the team of writers who collaborated on the 1939 film adaptation of Gone with the Wind.

His 1932 play Red Planet was filmed as Red Planet Mars in 1952.

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Film og serier på Plex

  • Gaslys
    Gaslys1944
  • The Amazing Adventure
    The Amazing Adventure1936
  • Den sidste Mohikaner
    Den sidste Mohikaner1936
  • Red Planet Mars
    Red Planet Mars1952
  • Stand by for Action
    Stand by for Action1942
  • Manden jeg elsker
    Manden jeg elsker1936

Kendt for

  • Mumien
    Mumien1999
  • Frankenstein
    Frankenstein1931
  • Mumien: Drage-Kejserens grav
    Mumien: Drage-Kejserens grav2008
  • Mumien
    Mumien1932
  • Gaslys
    Gaslys1944
  • Dracula
    Dracula1931
  • Fangen på Zenda
    Fangen på Zenda1937
  • Dracula's Daughter
    Dracula's Daughter1936
  • Fangen på Zenda
    Fangen på Zenda1952
  • Dracula
    Dracula1979
  • Ananka mysteriet
    Ananka mysteriet1959
  • The Amazing Adventure
    The Amazing Adventure1936
  • Englands sønner
    Englands sønner1935
  • Vampyrens mærke
    Vampyrens mærke1935
  • Drácula
    Drácula1931
  • The Mummy's Hand
    The Mummy's Hand1940
  • Mad Love
    Mad Love1935
  • Abbott og Costello møder mumierne
    Abbott og Costello møder mumierne1955
  • Den mystiske Doktor
    Den mystiske Doktor1936
  • The Edge of the World
    The Edge of the World1937

Filmografi

2008
1999
1959
The Mummy · as Original Film Writer
1952
The Prisoner of Zenda · as Screenplay
1952
1944
The Mummy's Ghost · as Original Film Writer
1944
Gaslight · as ScreenplayPå Plex
1942
Stand by for Action · as ScreenplayPå Plex
1942
Tennessee Johnson · as Screenplay
1942
The Mummy's Tomb · as Original Film Writer
1941
Smilin' Through · as Screenplay
1941
1940
Victory · as Screenplay
1940
The Mummy's Hand · as Original Film Writer
1937
The Prisoner of Zenda · as Screenplay
1936
Beloved Enemy · as ScreenplayPå Plex
1936
The Man Who Lived Again · as Screenplay
1936
1935
Mad Love · as Screenplay
1935
1935
Mystery of Edwin Drood · as Screenplay
1935
1932
The Mummy · as Screenplay
1932

1992
The Last of the Mohicans · as Adaptation
1979
Dracula · as Theatre Play
1965
Estudio 1 · as Play
1955
1951
I'll Never Forget You · as Theatre Play
1950
1948
Studio One · as Adaptation
1947
Kraft Television Theatre · as Adaptation
1944
The Mummy's Curse · as Characters
1940
1937
The Edge of the World · as Screenplay Collaborator
1936
The Last of the Mohicans · as AdaptationPå Plex
1936
Dracula's Daughter · as Story
1935
Peter Ibbetson · as Contributor To Treatment
1935
Bride of Frankenstein · as Adaptation
1933
Berkeley Square · as Theatre Play
1931
Frankenstein · as Based Upon The Composition By
1931
Drácula · as Original Story
1931
Dracula · as Theatre Play