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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 .
Collection of correspondence, scripts, scenarios and notes by John L. Balderston, a playwright and screenwriter who worked on Dracula, Frankenstein, Gone with the Wind and other projects. Learn about his biography, collaborations and autobiographical sketch.
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. [1] The plot is loosely based on Henry James ' posthumous 1917 novel The Sense of the Past.
John L. Balderston was an American playwright, screenwriter, and journalist who created horror and fantasy stories. He wrote the plays and screenplays for \"Dracula\", \"Frankenstein\", \"The Mummy\", and \"Gaslight\", among others.
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- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Thus, as Dracula’s “re-vampers,” Deane and Balderston forever altered the physicality of the Count by transforming Stoker’s “pasty villain” into “a smooth-talking Lothario quite at home in the drawing-rooms” of Dr. Seward with Abraham Van Helsing lurking in a shadowed doorway, waiting for the cool light of morning (“Dracula ...
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- 2007
A collection of correspondence, scripts, scenarios and notes by John L. Balderston, a playwright and screenwriter who worked on Dracula, Frankenstein, Gone with the Wind and other projects. The collection spans from 1915 to 1950 and is open to the public at the Billy Rose Theatre Division.
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John L Balderston was a playwright and screenwriter who worked on the screenplays for Dracula (1931) and The Mummy (1932) among other horror movies. He also revised the stage and film versions of Dracula and Frankenstein.
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