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John L. Balderston (October 22, nel 1889, a Filadelfia, Pennsylvania - March 8, 1954 Los Angeles, California) was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his horror and fantasy scripts. Balderston ha iniziato la sua carriera come giornalista. 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. Nel 1927, he was trattenuta 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 See Forever. His Dracula subsequently formed the basis of the 1931 versione cinematografica, leading Balderston into a screenwriting career, initially for Universal Pictures film horror: in addition to Dracula, he contributed to Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, The Mummy, and Dracula's Daughter. He spent much of his career adapting novel for the screen, including The Prisoner of Zenda nel 1937 and 1944 s Gaslight, which earned him his second Academy Award nomination (the first was for 1935 s The Lives of a Bengal Lancer). He was one of the team of writers oms collaborated on the 1939 film adaptation of Gone with the Wind. His 1932 play Red Planet che filmed as Red Planet Mars nel 1952.