John L. Balderston
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Also Known As
John Balderston
Birth Place
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Born
October 22, 1889
Died
March 04, 1954
Cause of Death
Heart Attack
Biography
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Playwright whose stage works provided the basis for the films "Dracula" (1931) and "Frankenstein" (1931). Balderston went on to write several superior horror screenplays and to successfully adapt a number of literary works; he scripted two fine Hollywood entertainments, the definitive version of the swashbuckling classic, "The Prisoner of Zenda" (1937), and the suspenseful "Gaslight" (19...
Biography
Playwright whose stage works provided the basis for the films "Dracula" (1931) and "Frankenstein" (1931). Balderston went on to write several superior horror screenplays and to successfully adapt a number of literary works; he scripted two fine Hollywood entertainments, the definitive version of the swashbuckling classic, "The Prisoner of Zenda" (1937), and the suspenseful "Gaslight" (1944).
Filmography
Writer (Feature Film)
The Last of the Mohicans
(1992)
Screenplay
The Last of the Mohicans
(1992)
Writer (Adaptation)
Dracula
(1979)
Play As Source Material
Red Planet Mars
(1952)
Screenwriter
Gaslight
(1944)
Screenwriter
Stand by for Action
(1943)
Screenwriter
Tennessee Johnson
(1942)
Screenwriter
Victory
(1941)
Screenwriter
Smilin' Through
(1941)
Screenwriter
Scotland Yard
(1941)
Screenwriter
Little Old New York
(1940)
Story
The Prisoner of Zenda
(1937)
Screenwriter
Romance and Riches
(1937)
Screenwriter
Dracula's Daughter
(1936)
Trmt
The Last of the Mohicans
(1936)
Adaptation
The Man Who Lived Again
(1936)
Story and Adapted
Beloved Enemy
(1936)
Screenwriter
Mystery of Edwin Drood
(1935)
Screenwriter
Mad Love
(1935)
Screenwriter
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
(1935)
Screenwriter
Mark of the Vampire
(1935)
Contr to dial
Peter Ibbetson
(1935)
Contr to trmt
Bride of Frankenstein
(1935)
Adaptation
Berkeley Square
(1933)
Screenwriter
The Mummy
(1932)
Screenwriter
Life Events
1914
War correspondent
1932
First film based on stage adaptation, "Dracula"
1932
Screenwriting debut, "The Mummy"