John L. Balderston

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22 października 1889 — 8 marca 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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Gasnący płomień
    Gasnący płomień1944
  • Niesamowita przygoda
    Niesamowita przygoda1936
  • Ostatni Mohikanin
    Ostatni Mohikanin1936
  • Red Planet Mars
    Red Planet Mars1952
  • Zabronione szczęście
    Zabronione szczęście1936

Known For

  • Mumia
    Mumia1999
  • Frankenstein
    Frankenstein1931
  • Książę Dracula
    Książę Dracula1931
  • Mumia: Grobowiec Cesarza Smoka
    Mumia: Grobowiec Cesarza Smoka2008
  • Mumia
    Mumia1932
  • Gasnący płomień
    Gasnący płomień1944
  • Więzień królewski
    Więzień królewski1937
  • Więzień Zendy
    Więzień Zendy1952
  • Drakula
    Drakula1979
  • Mumia
    Mumia1959
  • Znak wampira
    Znak wampira1935
  • Niesamowita przygoda
    Niesamowita przygoda1936
  • Drácula
    Drácula1931
  • The Mummy's Hand
    The Mummy's Hand1940
  • Red Planet Mars
    Red Planet Mars1952
  • Szalona miłość
    Szalona miłość1935
  • Abbott i Costello spotykają Mumię
    Abbott i Costello spotykają Mumię1955
  • Bengali
    Bengali1935
  • Na krańcu świata
    Na krańcu świata1937
  • Berkeley Square
    Berkeley Square1933

Filmografia

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 ScreenplayNa Plex
1942
Stand by for Action · as Screenplay
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 ScreenplayNa 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