claim: Night of the Living Dead did not begin as a 1968 film.
evidence: An Old Score is an 1869 three-act comedy-drama written by English dramatist W. S. Gilbert based partly on his 1867 short story , Diamonds , and partly on episodes in the lives of William Dargan , an Irish engineer and railway contractor , and John Sadleir , a banker who committed suicide .. W. S. Gilbert. W. S. Gilbert. William Dargan. William Dargan. John Sadleir. John Sadleir. It was written before any of his Savoy Operas with Arthur Sullivan .. Arthur Sullivan. Arthur Sullivan. Despite an encouraging review in The Times , the piece was a failure .. The Times. The Times. It was revived in 1872 and rewritten as Quits , but it fared no better .