John L. Balderston
Personal Info
Know For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1889-10-22 (65 years old)
Deathday
1954-03-08
Place of Birth
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Also known As
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John L. Balderston
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John L. Balderston (October 22, 1889 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - March 8, 1954 Los Angeles, California) was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his horror and fantasy scripts. Balderston began his career as a journalist. He worked as European war correspondent during World War I. He was the editor of Outlook magazine and a correspondent for the New York World. In 1927, he was retained by Horace Liveright to revise Hamilton Deane's stage adaptation of Dracula for its American production. His 1929 play Berkeley Square later formed the basis of the musical On a Clear Day You Can Se...
Production
1931
as Theatre Play
1936
as Screenplay
1936
as Adaptation
1944
as Screenplay
1935
as Screenplay
1952
as Screenplay
1936
as Writer
1935
as Writer
1932
as Screenplay
1937
as Screenplay
1935
as Screenplay
1935
as Screenplay
1942
as Screenplay
1952
as Writer
1942
as Screenplay
1941
as Screenplay
1933
as Theatre Play
1933
as Screenplay
1992
as Adaptation
1940
as Story
1979
as Theatre Play
1940
as Screenplay
1951
as Theatre Play
1941
as Writer
1936
as Story
1935
as Adaptation
1936
as Screenplay
1999
as Original Film Writer
2001
as Characters
1940
as Original Film Writer
1959
as Original Film Writer
1942
as Original Film Writer
1944
as Original Film Writer
1944
as Characters
1955
as Characters
2008
as Original Film Writer
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