John L. Balderston
Writer
October 22, 1889 — March 8, 1954 (64 years)
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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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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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Known For
Filmography
| 2008 | |
| 1999 | |
| 1959 | The Mummy · as Original Film Writer |
| 1952 | The Prisoner of Zenda · as Screenplay |
| 1952 | Red Planet MarsOn Plex |
| 1944 | The Mummy's Ghost · as Original Film Writer |
| 1944 | Gaslight · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1942 | Stand by for Action · as ScreenplayOn 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 ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1936 | The Man Who Lived Again · as Screenplay |
| 1936 | The Amazing AdventureOn Plex |
| 1935 | Mad Love · as Screenplay |
| 1935 | |
| 1935 | Mystery of Edwin Drood · as Screenplay |
| 1935 | The Lives of a Bengal Lancer · as Screenplay |
| 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 | Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy · as Characters |
| 1951 | I'll Never Forget You · as Theatre Play |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre · as Play |
| 1948 | Studio One · as Adaptation |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre · as Adaptation |
| 1944 | The Mummy's Curse · as Characters |
| 1940 | Little Old New York · as Story |
| 1937 | The Edge of the World · as Screenplay Collaborator |
| 1936 | The Last of the Mohicans · as AdaptationOn 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 |