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as it were, the two credited writers and the three uncredited writers, and the three writers who worked on London After Midnight have kind of lost the plot between them. Let's talk a little about the writers, because, of course, this is co-written by Guy Endore, the respected novelist of Werewolf of Paris. And I think he was MGM's go-to guy for horror in the 30s, because he worked on Mad Love... Which preceded this film, of course. ..and The Devil-Doll...
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Now, let's talk about also the uncredited contributing writers, because obviously there's one very interesting credit in there, which is John L. Balderston. Yeah, allegedly a rewrite man on this. He was Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, Bride of Frankenstein, Mad Love. It may well have been that it didn't count as a horror script in 1935 unless John L. Balderston had shoved it through his typewriter. But we know that he was a dialogue man very much, and so maybe he came in to fix some of this dialogue. That's possible. Because obviously the script already existed as London After Midnight, anyway.
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film, a real horror film, and did not know about the twist ending. I think that's a press release thing. Apart from everything else, it's a remake of a film, isn't it? You think they would just go and watch that or even read the script. He's that guy again. We don't know who he is laying down. Yes, he is the sidekick. He's got a good creepy look.
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