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John L. Balderston
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John L. Balderston (October 22, 1889 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - March 8, 1954 Los Angeles, California) was an American playwright and…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John L. Balderston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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1992
The Last of the Mohicans
Movie Adaptation
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1979
Dracula
Movie Theatre Play
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1959
The Mummy
Movie Original Film Writer
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1955
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Movie Characters
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1952
The Prisoner of Zenda
Movie Screenplay
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1952
Red Planet Mars
Movie Writer
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1951
The House in the Square
Movie Theatre Play
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1944
The Mummy's Curse
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1944
The Mummy's Ghost
Movie Original Film Writer
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1944
Gaslight
Movie Screenplay
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1942
Stand by for Action
Movie Screenplay
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1942
Tennessee Johnson
Movie Screenplay
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1942
The Mummy's Tomb
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1941
Smilin' Through
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1941
Scotland Yard
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1940
Victory
Movie Screenplay
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1940
The Mummy's Hand
Movie Original Film Writer
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1940
Little Old New York
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1937
The Prisoner of Zenda
Movie Screenplay
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1936
Beloved Enemy
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1936
The Man Who Changed His Mind
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1936
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss
Movie Writer
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1936
The Last of the Mohicans
Movie Adaptation
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1936
Dracula's Daughter
Movie Story
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1935
Mad Love
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1935
Mark of the Vampire
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1935
Bride of Frankenstein
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1935
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
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1935
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
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1933
Berkeley Square
Movie Theatre Play
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1932
The Mummy
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1931
Drácula
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1931
Dracula
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