- Films
- 29
- Avg rating
- 6.79
- Peak run
- 1931’35
- 7+ run
- 3 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As a writer, films with 1,000+ votes
John by the numbers
Average
6.79
23 rated films
Vote weighted
6.84
bigger films count more
Median
6.9
half are better
Consistency
±0.75
rating spread
Career
78y
1931 to 2008
Total votes
1.26M
across every film
Best
7.8
Bride of Frankenstein
Worst
5.3
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Newest first
Filmography
| 2008 |  The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | 5.3 | 183K |
| 1999 |  The Mummy | 7.1 | 510K |
| 1992 |  The Last of the Mohicans | 7.6 | 210K |
| 1979 |  Dracula | 6.5 | 12,723 |
| 1952 | The Prisoner of Zenda | 6.9 | 4,384 |
| 1952 | Red Planet Mars | 4.9 | 1,668 |
| 1951 | I'll Never Forget You | 7.0 | 1,208 |
| 1944 |  Gaslight | 7.8 | 38,507 |
| 1942 | Stand by for Action | · | 882 |
| 1942 | Tennessee Johnson | · | 742 |
| 1941 | Smilin' Through | · | 507 |
| 1940 | Little Old New York | · | 304 |
| 1940 | The Mummy's Hand | 6.0 | 5,523 |
| 1937 | The Edge of the World | 7.3 | 2,406 |
| 1937 | The Prisoner of Zenda | 7.6 | 5,533 |
| 1936 | The Amazing Adventure | 6.3 | 2,414 |
| 1936 | Beloved Enemy | · | 438 |
| 1936 | Dracula's Daughter | 6.3 | 9,303 |
| 1936 | The Last of the Mohicans | 6.6 | 1,981 |
| 1936 | The Man Who Lived Again | 6.5 | 1,404 |
Better together?
John L. Balderston's regulars
- James WhaleWriter · 2 films · 7.75 avg▲+0.66
- Karl FreundWriter · 2 films · 7.10 avg▲+0.14
- Tod BrowningWriter · 2 films · 6.80 avg▼−0.17
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On John L. Balderston
2 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1945John Van Druten, Walter Reisch, John L. Balderston
- NominatedBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1936Screenplay by Waldemar Young, John L. Balderston, Achmed Abdullah; Adaptation by Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt
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