SCRIPT REVIEW "Genius of the Marne" (1919) by John Balderston (1889-1954)

Nine Male Dramatization of the french perspective (in english) about the 'miracle of the marne', a decisive battle involving British and French armies which halted the German advance toward Paris and forced Germany into trench warfare on two fronts. Genius of the Marne (full text online) http://openlibrary.org/works/OL1515896W/The_genius_of_the_Marne By the Same Author 'Berkeley Square' is a science fiction work about a time travelling American who meets his British relatives from before the revolutionary war. Balderston became known for Science fiction screenplays - Dracula, The Mummy, Red Planet and Frankenstein. FRANKENSTEIN The novel "Frankenstein" (1818) by Mary Shelley (1797-1851) has been in the public domain for a long time. Early dramatization in 1857,1910 and 1915 Did not survive. Balderston bought the rights in 1927 to a version by Peggy Webling (1871-1949). The good news - this version is preserved in the british museum. the bad news - they have the only copy. Baldserston's stage version finished with writer Garrot Fort (1900-1945) was adapted for the 1930 film. The play was not produced and Philip J. Riley (born 1948 - still alive) added his name to the work (as editor), renewing the copyright as recently as 2010. , I believe Riley's renewal claim holds no water under Australian law, but the first publication + seventy years rule applies until around 2140. The screenplay adaptation by Faragogh (died 1966) is only public domain in the united states, but not Australia. If ever there was a popular and clearly public domain novel waiting for creative commons dramatization, this might be it. Transccript of 1931 Frankenstein movie subtitles (copyright to Francis Edward Faragoh d. 1966) http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/f/frankenstein-script-transcript-parker-posey.html audio of the original Shelley novel http://archive.org/details/frankenstein_1107_librivox video (clips from 1930) http://archive.org/details/TrailerFrankenstein http://archive.org/details/FrankensteinItsAlive http://archive.org/details/FrankensteinGraves