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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.
Oct 9, 2021 · Balderston, John L. (John Lloyd), 1889-1954; Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912. Dracula Boxid IA40257410 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier urn:oclc:record:654594993 urn:lcp:draculavampirepl0000dean:lcpdf:40e234ed-84e2-4777-843c-133342f98802
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.
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 ...
- Michael McGlasson
- 2007
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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Balderston, John L. Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author, Theatre. (1889-1954) US playwright and screenwriter who wrote, always in collaboration, some dramas of genre interest. Berkeley Square (performed 1926; 1928 chap) with J C Squire is a Timeslip fantasy based on The Sense of the Past ( 1917) by Henry James; Red Planet ( 1933 ...
