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John L. Balderston. 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.
This collection primarily comprises John L. Balderston, Jr.’s records of the World Government letters project. The records are divided into three series: Series I, World Government Correspondence; Series II, Publication Correspondence and Final Report; and Series III, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Series I, World Government ...
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scientists John L. Balderston, Jr., Dieter M. Gruen, W.J. McLean, and David B. Wehmeyer. Includes letters from prominent intellectual, political, and entertainment figures discussing the creation of a world government to ensure peaceful control of atomic energy and a report summarizing the letters. Information on Use Access
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).
Oct 26, 2022 · Playwright John L. Balderston, author of Berkeley Square and co-author of Frankenstein, created a prologue involving Mary and Percy Shelley and Lord Byron. The bulk of Balderston's treatment, in which the Bride is created from the oversized head of a circus freak and women's body parts rifled from train wrecks, was deemed too gruesome for ...
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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 Lloyd Balderston. born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 22 October 1889. died Beverley Hills, California: 8 March 1954. works. plays. Berkeley Square (London: Samuel French, 1928) with J C Squire [play: first performed 6 October 1926 St Martin's Theatre, London: Squire is acknowledged only in later editions: pb/]
