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.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Goodbye, Mr. Chips
2002
Novel
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
1973
Novel
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
1969
Novel
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
1960
Original Film Writer
A British housewife faces up to the harsh realities of the Second World War.

So Well Remembered
1947
as Narrator (voice)
A mill-owner's ambitious daughter almost ruins her husband's political career.

So Well Remembered
1947
Novel
A mill-owner's ambitious daughter almost ruins her husband's political career.

Cluny Brown
1946
Additional Writing
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
1944
Story
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
1943
as Narration Spoken By (voice)
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
1943
Writer
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
1942
Novel
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
1942
Screenplay
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
1942
Adaptation
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
1941
Novel
A jealous man frames his wife's suspected lover for murder.

Foreign Correspondent
1940
Dialogue
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
1939
Screenplay, Novel
A British doctor and his son's Austrian governess have an affair and are accused of killing his wife.

Espionage Agent
1939
Additional Dialogue
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
1939
Novel
A shy British teacher looks back nostalgically at his long career, taking note of the people who touched his life.

Knight Without Armour
1937
Novel
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
1937
Novel
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
1936
Screenplay
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...