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Random Harvest is a 1942 American romantic drama film based on the 1941 James Hilton novel of the same title, directed by Mervyn LeRoy. Claudine West, George Froeschel, and Arthur Wimperis adapted the novel for the screen, and received an Academy Award nomination. The novel keeps the true identity of Paula/Margaret a secret until the very end ...
Random Harvest is a novel written by James Hilton, first published in 1941. Like previous Hilton works, including Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr. Chips , the novel was immensely popular, placing second on Publishers Weekly list of best-selling novels for the year , [ 1 ] and it was published as an Armed Services Edition during WWII.
James Hilton (9 September 1900 – 20 December 1954) was a British-American [1] 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.
The success of Random Harvest led MGM to give Peters lead roles in other major pictures such as Assignment in Brittany (1943), in which she portrayed a French peasant girl. [23] This was followed with a minor but top-billed credit in the comedy Young Ideas (1943) with Herbert Marshall and Mary Astor, directed by Jules Dassin. [23]
Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson CBE (29 September 1904 – 6 April 1996) was a British-American actress and singer. She was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer who became popular during the Second World War for her portrayal of strong women on the homefront and was listed by the Motion Picture Herald as one of America's top-10 box office draws from 1942 to 1946.
"Random Harvest' is featured on a 2006 benefit album titled After The Storm for the survivors of Hurricane Katrina. [2] A remastered edition of Surveillance was released by Esoteric Records (ECLEC2383) on March 25, 2013.
Mrs. Miniver is a 1942 American romantic war drama film directed by William Wyler, and starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon.Inspired by the 1940 novel Mrs. Miniver by Jan Struther, [3] it shows how the life of an unassuming British housewife in rural England is affected by World War II.
Random Harvest: Charles Rainier Mervyn LeRoy: Greer Garson, Philip Dorn, Susan Peters: Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated — New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor: 1944 Kismet: Hafiz William Dieterle: Marlene Dietrich, James Craig, Edward Arnold, Joy Ann Page Technicolor 1947 The Late George Apley: George Apley