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Films with screenplays by John L. Balderston
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The list Films with screenplays by John L. Balderston includes
The Last of the Mohicans, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Prisoner of Zenda and Gaslight.
The list consists of 22 members.
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John L. Balderston
American dramatist
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The Last of the Mohicans
1992 film directed by Michael Mann
Overview: The Last of the Mohicans is a 1992 American epic historical drama film produced and directed by Michael Mann, who co-wrote the screenplay with Christopher Crowe, based on the 1826 novel of the same name ...
Release date: 26 August 1992Genre: Adventure, Romance, War, Action, DramaDirector: Michael MannProducer: Ned Dowd, Hunt LowryWriter: James Fenimore Cooper, John L. BalderstonThree trappers protect the daughters of a British Colonel in the midst of the French and Indian War.
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The Bride of Frankenstein
1935 American science-fiction horror film by James Whale
Overview: Bride of Frankenstein is a 1935 American science fiction horror film, and the first sequel to Universal Pictures' 1931 film Frankenstein. As with the first film, Bride of Frankenstein was directed by James ...
Release date: 22 April 1935Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, ThrillerDirector: James WhaleProducer: Carl Laemmle Jr.Writer: Mary Shelley, William HurlbutMary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Dr. Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate. 0
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The Mummy
1932 film
Overview: The Mummy is a 1932 American pre-Code supernatural horror film directed by Karl Freund. The screenplay by John L. Balderston was adapted from a treatment written by Nina Wilcox Putnam and Richard Schayer ...
Release date: 22 December 1932Genre: Drama, Fantasy, HorrorDirector: Karl FreundProducer: Stanley Bergerman, Carl Laemmle Jr.Writer: Nina Wilcox Putnam, Richard SchayerAn Egyptian mummy searches Cairo for the girl he thinks is his long-lost princess. 0
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The Prisoner of Zenda
1952 film by Richard Thorpe
Overview: The Prisoner of Zenda is a 1952 American Technicolor adventure film version of the 1894 novel of the same name by Anthony Hope and a remake of the 1937 sound version and the 1922 silent. This first color ...
Release date: 4 November 1952Genre: AdventureDirector: Richard ThorpeProducer: Pandro S. BermanWriter: John L. Balderston, Noel LangleyAn Englishman vacationing in a Ruritarian kingdom is recruited to impersonate his cousin, the soon-to-be-crowned king after the monarch is drugged and ... 0
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Gaslight
1944 film by George Cukor
Overview: Gaslight is a 1944 American psychological thriller film directed by George Cukor, and starring Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten and Angela Lansbury in her film debut. Adapted by John Van Druten ...Release date: 4 May 1944Genre: Drama, Mystery, ThrillerDirector: George CukorProducer: Arthur Hornblow Jr.Writer: Patrick Hamilton, John Van DrutenPaula's aunt Alice Alquist, a famous entertainer, is murdered in her home. Paula, who lives with her aunt finds the body... 0
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The Prisoner of Zenda
1937 film by John Cromwell
Overview: The Prisoner of Zenda is a 1937 American black-and-white adventure film based on Anthony Hope's 1894 novel and the 1896 play. A lookalike has to step in when his royal distant relative is kidnapped to ...Release date: 2 September 1937Genre: Drama, Romance, AdventureDirector: John Cromwell, W.S. Van DykeProducer: David O. SelznickWriter: Anthony Hope, John L. BalderstonAn Englishman on a Ruritarian holiday must impersonate the king when the rightful monarch, a distant cousin, is drugged and kidnapped. 0
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The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935 film by Henry Hathaway
Overview: The Lives of a Bengal Lancer is a 1935 American adventure film starring Gary Cooper, directed by Henry Hathaway, and written by Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt, Waldemar Young, John L. Balderston ...
Release date: 11 January 1935Genre: Drama, AdventureDirector: Henry HathawayProducer: Louis D. LightonWriter: Waldemar Young, John L. BalderstonThree British soldiers on the Northwest Frontier of India struggle against the enemy - and themselves. 0
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The Last of the Mohicans
1936 film by George B. Seitz, John L. Balderston, Edward Small, Paul Perez
Overview: The Last of the Mohicans is a 1936 American historical western adventure film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Randolph Scott, Binnie Barnes and Henry Wilcoxon. The screenplay by Philip Dunne ...Release date: 13 August 1936Genre: Drama, War, Adventure, History, WesternDirector: George B. SeitzProducer: Edward SmallWriter: James Fenimore Cooper, Philip DunneIn the year 1756, Fort William Henry on Lake George is under siege by the French and Hurons under General Montcalm... 0
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Mad Love
1935 film by Karl Freund
Overview: Mad Love (also released as The Hands of Orlac) is a 1935 American body horror film, an adaptation of Maurice Renard's novel The Hands of Orlac. It was directed by German-émigré film maker Karl Freund ...
Release date: 12 July 1935Genre: Romance, Horror, ThrillerDirector: Karl FreundProducer: John W. Considine Jr.Writer: Maurice Renard, Florence Crewe-JonesIn Paris, a demented surgeon's obsession with a British actress leads him to secretly replace her concert pianist husband's mangled hands with those of ... 0
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Dracula's Daughter
1936 film by Lambert Hillyer
Overview: Dracula's Daughter is a 1936 American vampire horror film produced by Universal Pictures as a sequel to the 1931 film Dracula. Directed by Lambert Hillyer from a screenplay by Garrett Fort, the film stars ...
Release date: 11 May 1936Genre: Drama, HorrorDirector: Lambert HillyerCast: Otto Kruger, Gloria Holden, Marguerite Churchill, Edward Van Sloan, Gilbert Emery, Irving PichelProducer: E.M. Asher, Carl LaemmleWriter: Garrett Fort, John L. BalderstonWhen Countess Marya Zaleska appears in London, mysterious events occur leading Dr. Von Helsing to believe the Countess must be a vampire. 0
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Berkeley Square
1933 film
Overview: Berkeley Square is a 1933 American pre-Code fantasy drama film produced by Fox Film Corporation, directed by Frank Lloyd, and starring Leslie Howard and Heather Angel. It recounts the tale of young American ...Release date: 15 September 1933Genre: Romance, FantasyDirector: Frank LloydCast: Leslie Howard, Heather Angel, Valerie Taylor, Irene Browne, Beryl Mercer, Colin Keith-JohnstonProducer: John L. Balderston, Henry JamesA young American man is transported back to London in the time of the American Revolution and meets his ancestors. 0
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Beloved Enemy
1936 film
Overview: Beloved Enemy is a 1936 American drama film directed by H.C. Potter and starring Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, and David Niven. It was loosely based on the life of Michael Collins.
Release date: 25 December 1936Genre: Drama, Romance, WarDirector: H.C. PotterProducer: George HaightWriter: John L. Balderston, Rose FrankenIn 1921, Irish rebels launch an uprising with the aim of creating an Irish republic, independent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland... 0
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Tennessee Johnson
1942 film by William Dieterle
Overview: Tennessee Johnson is a 1942 American film about Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by William Dieterle and written by Milton Gunzburg ...
Release date: 1 December 1942Genre: Drama, BiographyDirector: William DieterleProducer: Irving Asher, Stanley BriggsWriter: John L. Balderston, Wells RootBiography of Andrew Johnson, who followed Abraham Lincoln into office and became the first President of the United States ever to be impeached. 0
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Stand by for Action
1942 American war film by Robert Z. Leonard
Overview: Stand By for Action (British title: Cargo of Innocents) is a 1942 American black-and-white U.S. Navy war film from MGM, directed by Robert Z. Leonard, and starring Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy, Charles ...Release date: 31 December 1942Genre: Drama, War, Action, AdventureDirector: Robert Z. LeonardCast: Robert Taylor, Charles Laughton, Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan, Marilyn Maxwell, Henry O'NeillProducer: Orville O. Dull, Robert Z. LeonardWriter: Laurence Kirk, Harvey S. Haislip 0
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Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935 film by Stuart Walker
Overview: The Mystery of Edwin Drood is a 1935 American melodrama film directed by Stuart Walker and based on the unfinished 1870 novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens.Release date: 4 February 1935Genre: Drama, Mystery, Horror, ThrillerDirector: Stuart WalkerCast: Claude Rains, Douglass Montgomery, Heather Angel, Valerie Hobson, David Manners, Francis L. SullivanProducer: Leopold Atlas, John L. BalderstonA madman strangles his rivals for a beautiful girl. 0
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Little Old New York
1940 American film
Overview: Little Old New York is a 1940 American black-and-white historical drama from 20th Century Fox, produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, directed by Henry King, that stars Alice Faye, Fred MacMurray, and Richard ...Release date: 3 February 1940Genre: Drama, History, Comedy, Biography, Romance, MusicalDirector: Henry KingProducer: Raymond Griffith, Darryl F. ZanuckWriter: Rida Johnson Young, John L. Balderston 0
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The Man Who Lived Again
1936 film
Overview: The Man Who Changed His Mind is a 1936 British science fiction horror film starring Boris Karloff and Anna Lee. It was directed by Robert Stevenson and was produced by Gainsborough Pictures. The film was ...
Release date: 11 September 1936Genre: Sci-Fi, HorrorDirector: Robert StevensonProducer: Michael BalconWriter: L. du Garde Peach, Sidney GilliatDr. Laurence, a once-respectable scientist, begins to research the origin of the mind and the soul. The science community rejects him... 0
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Smilin' Through
1941 film by Frank Borzage
Overview: Smilin' Through is a 1941 American Technicolor musical film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Jeanette MacDonald, Brian Aherne, Gene Raymond and Ian Hunter. Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it is ...Release date: 1 October 1941Genre: War, Romance, Musical, FantasyDirector: Frank BorzageProducer: Frank Borzage, Victor SavilleWriter: Jane Cowl, Jane MurfinJohn Carteret has long been depressed and lonely, because, at his wedding years ago, his bride, Moonyean... 0
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The Amazing Adventure
1936 film by Alfred Zeisler
Overview: The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss is a 1936 British romantic comedy film directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Cary Grant. It is a remake of the 1920 film The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss, based ...Release date: 28 July 1936Genre: Drama, Comedy, RomanceDirector: Alfred ZeislerProducer: John L. Balderston, E. Phillips OppenheimA bored millionaire wagers his doctor that he can support himself at a working class job for year without touching his inheritance. 0
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Red Planet Mars
1952 film by Harry Horner
Overview: Red Planet Mars is a 1952 American science fiction film released by United Artists starring Peter Graves and Andrea King. It is based on a 1932 play Red Planet written by John L. Balderston and John Hoare ...Release date: 15 May 1952Genre: Sci-FiDirector: Harry HornerProducer: Donald Hyde, Anthony VeillerWriter: John L. Balderston, Anthony VeillerAn American scientist contacts Mars by radio and receives information that Mars is a utopia and that... 0
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