Charles S. Belden

A native of Montclair, New Jersey, he entered the film world after a stint in journalism, developing a reputation for adapting his own short fiction into screenplays. Early success came with the 1933 horror picture Mystery of the Wax Museum, derived from his 1932 story “The Wax Works,” and he later supplied the original story for the 1953 and 2005 versions of House of Wax. Throughout the 1930s he… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources