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James Hilton (9 September 1900 – 20 December 1954) was an English novelist and screenwriter. He is best remembered for his novels Lost Horizon, Goodbye, Mr. Chips and Random Harvest, as well as co-writing screenplays for the films Camille (1936) and Mrs. Miniver (1942), the latter earning him an Academy Award.
A one-hour radio adaptation by James Hilton and Barbara Burnham was broadcast on the BBC National Programme on 6 April 1938, with a cast that included Emlyn Williams as the doctor, Edgar Norfolk, Gordon McLeod and Nan Marriott-Watson. [8] It was made into a film with the same title, with the screenplay by the author, in 1939. [9] [10] [11]
The setting for Goodbye, Mr. Chips is probably based on The Leys School, Cambridge, where James Hilton was a pupil (1915–18).Hilton is reported to have said that the inspiration for the protagonist, Mr. Chips, came from many sources, including his father, who was the headmaster of Chapel End School.
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Morning Journey is a 1951 novel by the British writer James Hilton. [1] It was published in London by Macmillan and in New York by Little, Brown and Company. It received positive reviews on its release and was influenced by Hilton's own time in Hollywood as a screenwriter. [2] It was Hilton's penultimate novel, followed by Time and Time Again ...
So Well Remembered is a 1947 British drama film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring John Mills, Martha Scott, and Trevor Howard. [2] The film was based on James Hilton's 1945 novel of the same title and tells the story of a reformer and the woman he marries in a fictional mill town in Lancashire.
James Hilton may refer to: James Hilton (academic) (born 1959), Vice Provost and University Librarian & Dean of Libraries at the University of Michigan; James Hilton (designer) (born 1973), English designer; James Hilton (novelist) (1900–1954), English novelist; Jimmy Hilton (1883–1943), English rugby league footballer of the 1900s and 1910s
The Silver Flame is a 1928 novel by the British writer James Hilton. [1] The original British publisher was Butterworth. In 1949 it was published in the United States in by Avon under the alternative title Three Loves Had Margaret. [2] It has been described as the last of his "apprentice novels" before he emerged as a major international author ...