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Writing credits: Adaptation
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DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar ContributorBerak
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How do we credit "Adapted by" when profiling?

Example;
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Mary Shelley is credited as "suggested by the original story written by" (do we credit OMB?) 
Just below Mary Shelly in the credits we get "adapted by" William Hurlbut & John Balderston (do we credit these as writers or leave them out?)
Then finally we have William Hurlbut credited with "Screenplay" (easy enough profiled).

Have at it guys.....


Edit;
When considering I would profile like this;

Mary Shelley - Original Characters by
William Hurlbut - Original Story by
John Balderston - Original Story by
William Hurlbut - Screenwriter
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Difficult one - I'd actually give Mary Shelley an OCB credit, as there is no "Bride of Frankenstein" story (although you could argue it's still an adaptation of the original book).

For "adapted by" I'd give screenwriter credits. Although not quite accurate, it's as close as we can get with the options we have.
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Just read your edit - yes, that's a better way of doing it! 
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I would say your proposed profile is correct, Berak.

What I know about this is, Balderston wrote an original outline basing it on a mere passage from the novel when the creature asks for a mate. Universal then hired Hurblut to expand the outline and flesh out the plot. This used to be known as Screen Story. Hurblut then worked in 4 subsequent drafts into the final screenplay.

So,

Mary Shelley - Original Characters by
William Hurlbut - Original Story by
John Balderston - Original Story by
William Hurlbut - Screenwriter

sounds about right.
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Quoting SailorRipley:
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I would say your proposed profile is correct, Berak.

What I know about this is, Balderston wrote an original outline basing it on a mere passage from the novel when the creature asks for a mate. Universal then hired Hurblut to expand the outline and flesh out the plot. This used to be known as Screen Story. Hurblut then worked in 4 subsequent drafts into the final screenplay.

So,

Mary Shelley - Original Characters by
William Hurlbut - Original Story by
John Balderston - Original Story by
William Hurlbut - Screenwriter

sounds about right.


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Eric and Samuel get screenwriter, and Gaston gets OMB.
If you wanted to, you could give John Jacoby an OMB too, but I'd be tempted to leave him out at least until I knew more about the history of his involvement.
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Patsa, I would contribute that this way:

Eric Taylor: Screenwriter
Samuel Hoffenstein: Screenwriter
John Jacoby: Screenwriter
Gaston Leroux: Original Material by

John Jacoby's participation is evidently under the "Screenplay-header". Infact, I just recently contributed a similar case (movie: "We're not Married!") - quote from my contribution notes...

"Dwight Taylor's credit changed from "Writer" to "Screenwriter" (source: opening credits of the movie; we see on screen "Screenplay: Nunnally Johnson, Adapted: Dwight Taylor". IMHO Taylor's contribution must therefore be that of screenwriting.)"

... and nobody opposed this change with No-votes.
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I have to admit I don't read it that way. I read it as:
Screenplay by Eric Taylor and Samuel Hoffenstein, [based on an] adaptation by John Jacoby.
That, to me, makes it more OMB than screenwriter.
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Quoting northbloke:
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I have to admit I don't read it that way. I read it as:
Screenplay by Eric Taylor and Samuel Hoffenstein, [based on an] adaptation by John Jacoby.
That, to me, makes it more OMB than screenwriter.


To be honest, I never even considered that possibility  but of course you might be perfectly correct. I have considered credits like these to mean adapted screenplay, i.e. Taylor and Hoffenstein provided the screenplay, which Jacoby then adapted - I guess the fact that "adapted"-credit here (as in my contribution I mentioned) seems to be under the Screenplay-header(?) makes me think the way I do.
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Quoting northbloke:
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I have to admit I don't read it that way. I read it as:
Screenplay by Eric Taylor and Samuel Hoffenstein, [based on an] adaptation by John Jacoby.
That, to me, makes it more OMB than screenwriter.


This is the way I would do it as well, but definitely see how it could be interpreted differently.
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Quoting Draxen:
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To be honest, I never even considered that possibility  but of course you might be perfectly correct. I have considered credits like these to mean adapted screenplay

That's why I said I'd be tempted to leave him out altogether. It could be read to mean either way! 
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Quoting Draxen:
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I have considered credits like these to mean adapted screenplay, i.e. Taylor and Hoffenstein provided the screenplay, which Jacoby then adapted

The reason I read it the other way is because Taylor and Hoffenstein get top billing, which strongly suggests they wrote the final product. If the film had been based on John Jacoby's work, he'd get top billing.
Also a screenplay is pretty much always the end of the line.
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Quoting northbloke:
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I have to admit I don't read it that way. I read it as:
Screenplay by Eric Taylor and Samuel Hoffenstein, [based on an] adaptation by John Jacoby.
That, to me, makes it more OMB than screenwriter.

I agree.
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Thanks. Listening to the commentary, it seems Jacoby wrote the first screenplay, a very long one (2.5 hours worth of film) but later much of it was discarded, eliminating many of the original scenes and plot lines completely, and new writers were brought in. So while he wrote an adaptation of the novel that I'm sure he intended as a finished screenplay, he didn't write most of the final version that actually went on film. I'm not sure what that makes him exactly so I'm going to leave him out for now.
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