John L. Balderston

Författare

22 oktober 1889 — 8 mars 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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Filmer och Serier på Plex

  • Gasljus
    Gasljus1944
  • En gentleman i London
    En gentleman i London1936
  • Den siste mohikanen
    Den siste mohikanen1936
  • Red Planet Mars
    Red Planet Mars1952
  • Fienden hon älskade
    Fienden hon älskade1936

Känd för

  • Mumien
    Mumien1999
  • Frankenstein - mannen som skapade en människa
    Frankenstein - mannen som skapade en människa1931
  • Mysteriet 'Dracula'
    Mysteriet 'Dracula'1931
  • Mumien: Drakkejsarens grav
    Mumien: Drakkejsarens grav2008
  • Mumien vaknar
    Mumien vaknar1932
  • Gasljus
    Gasljus1944
  • Fången på Zenda
    Fången på Zenda1937
  • Fången på Zenda
    Fången på Zenda1952
  • Greve Dracula
    Greve Dracula1979
  • Mumiens hämnd
    Mumiens hämnd1959
  • En gentleman i London
    En gentleman i London1936
  • Mad Love
    Mad Love1935
  • Mark of the Vampire
    Mark of the Vampire1935
  • Dracula
    Dracula1931
  • Mumiens hämnd
    Mumiens hämnd1940
  • Olycksfåglarna möter mumien
    Olycksfåglarna möter mumien1955
  • The Man Who Lived Again
    The Man Who Lived Again1936
  • En bengalisk lansiär
    En bengalisk lansiär1935
  • I havets famn
    I havets famn1937
  • Gengångaren på Berkeley Square
    Gengångaren på Berkeley Square1933

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 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 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