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John L. Balderston (October 22, 1889, in Philadelphia – March 8, 1954, in Los Angeles) was an American playwright and screenwriter best remembered for his horror and fantasy scripts. He wrote the 1926 play Berkeley Square and the 1927 American adaptation of the 1924 play Dracula .
John L. Balderston was an American playwright, screenwriter, and journalist from Philadelphia. He specialized in creating horror and fantasy stories.
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Dracula is a stage play written by the Irish actor and playwright Hamilton Deane in 1924, then revised by the American writer John L. Balderston in 1927. It was the first authorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula.
Berkeley Square is a play in three acts by John L. Balderston (in collaboration with J.C. Squire) which tells the story of a young American who is transported back to London in the time of the American Revolution and meets his ancestors.
John L. Balderston was born in Philadelphia and began his newspaper career in 1912 while still a student at Columbia University as the New York correspondent for The Philadelphia Record.
John L Balderston was born on the 22nd of October, 1889 in Philadelphia. His work as a playwright and screenwriter makes him a pivotal figure in the world of horror movies; the success of his 1926 play Berkeley Square landed him the job of revising Hamilton Deane’s play Dracula for the American stage and the reworking of the screenplay for ...
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The script for this hugely successful film version of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel was conceived and written by Garrett Fort, who based his script on a play written by a relatively unknown American journalist named John L. Balderston along with Dublin-born playwright Hamilton Deane.
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