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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 was an American playwright, screenwriter, and journalist from Philadelphia. He specialized in creating horror and fantasy stories.
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- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
John L. Balderston was an American playwright, screenwriter, and journalist from Philadelphia. He specialized in creating horror and fantasy stories.
- October 22, 1889
- March 8, 1954
Dracula is a stage play written by the Irish actor and playwright Hamilton Deane in 1924, then revised by the American writer John L. Balderston in 1927. It was the first authorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula.
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.
Aug 30, 2022 · On July 28, 1914, the First World War began, and Balderston was hired as a war correspondent for the McClure Newspaper Syndicate. Two-years later, John L. Balderston became the director of President Wilson's, "United States Committee on Public Information" in the United Kingdom.
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The script for this hugely successful film version of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel was conceived and written by Garrett Fort, who based his script on a play written by a relatively unknown American journalist named John L. Balderston along with Dublin-born playwright Hamilton Deane.
