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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 (1889-1954) John L. Balderston. John L. Balderston was an American playwright, screenwriter, and journalist from Philadelphia. He specialized in creating horror and fantasy stories. He is primarily remembered for the time travel-themed play "Berkeley Squarte" (1926), the 1927 American adaptation of the play "Dracula", the ...
- January 1, 1
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- January 1, 1
- Los Angeles, California, USA
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
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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. He was a war correspondent for the McClure Newspaper Syndicate during World War I and then director of information in England and Ireland for the U.S ...
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 the 1931 cinema classic.
Descriptive Summary; Title: Balderston, John L., Jr. Collection. Dates: 1945-1947. Size: 1 linear foot (2 boxes) Repository: Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.
John L. Balderston served as an elder in Kennett Monthly Meeting. After his death, Anna Elizabeth lived with their son Robert W. Balderston in Media, Pennsylvania. John L. and Anna E. Balderston had two sons, Robert W. (1882-1940) and C. Canby Balderston (1897-1979). Robert was a farmer and active in the National Milk Association.
