James Hilton

James Hilton

1900-09-09 Leigh, Lancashire, England, UK 21 Credits

Biography

James Hilton (9 September 1900 – 20 December 1954) was an English novelist. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Hilton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

2002

Novel

6.3

In the later years of the nineteenth century Latin master Mr. Chipping is the mainstay of Brookfields boys boarding school, a good teacher and a kindl...

Lost Horizon

Lost Horizon

1973

Novel

5.4

While escaping war-torn China, a group of Europeans crash in the Himalayas, where they are rescued and taken to the mysterious Valley of the Blue Moon...

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

1969

Novel

6.7

Academy Award-honoree Peter O'Toole stars in this musical classic about a prim English schoolmaster who learns to show his compassion through the help...

Mrs. Miniver

Mrs. Miniver

1960

Original Film Writer

Writing

A British housewife faces up to the harsh realities of the Second World War.

So Well Remembered

So Well Remembered

1947

as Narrator (voice)

5.2
Acting

A mill-owner's ambitious daughter almost ruins her husband's political career.

So Well Remembered

So Well Remembered

1947

Novel

5.2

A mill-owner's ambitious daughter almost ruins her husband's political career.

Cluny Brown

Cluny Brown

1946

Additional Writing

7.1

Amateur plumber Cluny Brown gets sent off by her uncle to work as a servant at an English country estate.

The Story of Dr. Wassell

The Story of Dr. Wassell

1944

Story

6.3
Writing

As the Japanese sweep through the East Indies during World War II, Dr. Wassell is determined to escape from Java with some crewmen of the cruiser Marb...

Madame Curie

Madame Curie

1943

as Narration Spoken By (voice)

7.1
Acting

Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying in her field, Marie encounters skepticism concern...

Forever and a Day

Forever and a Day

1943

Writer

7.4
Writing

In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble, ...

Random Harvest

Random Harvest

1942

Novel

7.3

Wandered away from his asylum, an amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star but his amnesia makes it difficult to last.

Mrs. Miniver

Mrs. Miniver

1942

Screenplay

7.1
Writing

Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charm...

The Tuttles of Tahiti

The Tuttles of Tahiti

1942

Adaptation

5.5

After a long absense from the island, Chester Tuttle returns to Tahiti to find that little has changed. His large family, particularly his scheming Un...

Rage in Heaven

Rage in Heaven

1941

Novel

6.2

A jealous man frames his wife's suspected lover for murder.

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent

1940

Dialogue

7.0

American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an a...

We Are Not Alone

We Are Not Alone

1939

Screenplay, Novel

6.1
Writing

A British doctor and his son's Austrian governess have an affair and are accused of killing his wife.

Espionage Agent

Espionage Agent

1939

Additional Dialogue

5.9

When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an esp...

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

1939

Novel

7.4

A shy British teacher looks back nostalgically at his long career, taking note of the people who touched his life.

Knight Without Armour

Knight Without Armour

1937

Novel

5.8

British agent working in Russia is forced to remain longer than planned once the revolution begins. After being released from prison in Siberia he pos...

Lost Horizon

Lost Horizon

1937

Novel

7.0

British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash-land in the Himalayas, where they are rescued by the inhabitants of the hidden, id...

Camille

Camille

1936

Screenplay

7.0
Writing

Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees, men of means exert t...