John L. Balderston
Highest Rated: 98% Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Lowest Rated: 61% The Mummy (1999)
Birthday: Oct 22, 1889
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Playwright whose stage works provided the basis for the films "Dracula" (1931) and "Frankenstein" (1931). Balderston went on to write several superior horror screenplays and to successfully adapt a number of literary works; he scripted two fine Hollywood entertainments, the definitive version of the swashbuckling classic, "The Prisoner of Zenda" (1937), and the suspenseful "Gaslight" (1944).
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61% | 75% | The Mummy | Screenwriter | - | 1999 |
| 93% | 88% | The Last of the Mohicans | Writer | $72.2M | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | The Prisoner of Zenda | Screenwriter | - | 1952 |
| 89% | 90% | Gaslight | Writer | - | 1944 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tennessee Johnson | Screenwriter | - | 1942 |
| No Score Yet | 46% | Smilin' Through | Screenwriter | - | 1941 |
| 64% | 42% | Dracula's Daughter | Writer | - | 1936 |
| 98% | 87% | Bride of Frankenstein | Writer | - | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | 68% | Berkeley Square | Screenwriter | - | 1933 |
| 89% | 72% | The Mummy | Writer | - | 1932 |
| 94% | 82% | Dracula | Writer | - | 1931 |
| 94% | 87% | Frankenstein | Writer | - | 1931 |