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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.
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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 .
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- Random Harvest
Random Harvest is a novel written by James Hilton, first...
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Mar 13, 2024 · James Hilton was an English novelist whose popular works include Lost Horizon (1933), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1934), and Random Harvest (1941), all of which were made into highly successful motion pictures. The son of a schoolmaster, Hilton attended Christ’s College, Cambridge (A.B., 1921), where he.
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- Lost Horizon.
- Good-Bye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton, Santiago Munevar (Read by), Henry Matthew Brock (Illustrator), Edward Weeks (Foreword by)
- Random Harvest.
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips / To You, Mr. Chips.
Lost Horizon, novel by James Hilton, published in 1933. Hugh Conway, a veteran member of the British diplomatic service, finds inner peace, love, and a sense of purpose in Shangri-La, a utopian lamasery high in the Himalayas in.
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Lost Horizon. Lost Horizon is a 1933 novel by English writer James Hilton. The book was turned into a film, also called Lost Horizon, in 1937 by director Frank Capra and a lavish musical remake in 1973 by producer Ross Hunter with music by Burt Bacharach.
Apr 3, 2012 · James Hilton (1900–1954) was a bestselling English novelist and Academy Award–winning screenwriter. Hilton worked as a journalist until the success of his novels Lost Horizon (1933) and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1934) launched his career as a celebrated author. After moving to California, Hilton continued to write novels and screenplays.
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