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Known ForWriting
Born1904-04-21
BirthplaceMontclair, New Jersey, USA

Charles S. Belden

Writing

Biography

Charles Spencer Belden (April 21, 1904 – November 3, 1954) was an American screenwriter and journalist, known for writing screenplays to several Charlie Chan films in the 1930s, notably Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936). His 1932 short story "The Wax Works" served as the basis for the 1933 film Mystery of the Wax Museum. He was married to stage actress Beth Milton in the early 1930s and to actress Joan Marsh who had starred in Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937), from 1938 to 1943. He was born in Montclair, New Jersey, and died in the Motion Picture Country Hospital, Los Angeles, at the age of 50.

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Filmography

Production & Directing (42)

2005
House of WaxOriginal Film Writer
6.0
9.0
1953
6.9
1950
Double DealScreenplay
6.3
1948
6.7
1948
Silent ConflictScreenplay
6.0
1947
The MaraudersScreenplay
7.0
1946
6.3
8.0
1946
10.0
10.0
5.5
1942
6.5
1940
Tear Gas SquadScreenplay
5.3
1939
6.6
1939
Kid NightingaleScreenplay
6.4
6.5
6.4
1936
Dracula's DaughterWriters' Assistant
5.9
1935
6.0
1935
6.0
6.5
6.5
1934
7.0
1934
7.0
1934
The Ghost WalksScreenplay
5.5
6.5
7.3
1934
Fugitive RoadScreenplay
6.0
1934
3.0
1934
Fifteen WivesScreenplay
3.0
1932
A Fool's AdviceScreenplay
6.7
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