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James Hilton is a Actor, Scriptwriter and Additional Dialogue born on 9 september 1900
James Hilton, né le 9 septembre 1900 à Leigh, dans le Lancashire, en Angleterre, et mort le 20 décembre 1954 à Long Beach, en Californie, aux États-Unis, est un romancier et scénariste britannique, auteur de plusieurs best-sellers, dont Les Horizons perdus (Lost Horizon), popularisé par le mythique Shangri-La et Goodbye, Mr. Chips.
Ses romans Les Horizons perdus (Lost Horizon, 1933) et Au revoir, Mr. Chips (Goodbye, Mr. Chips, 1934), devenus rapidement de gros best-sellers, lui ouvrent les portes d'Hollywood, où il travaille pour des réalisateurs prestigieux, dont George Cukor, Alfred Hitchcock et William Wyler. Il remporte l'Oscar du meilleur scénario adapté en 1943 pour son scénario, écrit en collaboration, de Madame Miniver (Mrs. Miniver).
Il a également signé quelques romans policiers, dont Le ciel permettra-t-il ? (Dawn of Reckoning, 1925) et, sous le pseudonyme de Glen Trevor, Meurtre à l'école (Murder at School, 1931).
(1942)
(Ecrivain)
(1939)
(Novel)
(1944)
(Story)
(1937)
(Novel)
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Birth 9 september 1900
Death 20 december 1954 (at 54 years)
Death 20 december 1954 (at 54 years)
James Hilton, né le 9 septembre 1900 à Leigh, dans le Lancashire, en Angleterre, et mort le 20 décembre 1954 à Long Beach, en Californie, aux États-Unis, est un romancier et scénariste britannique, auteur de plusieurs best-sellers, dont Les Horizons perdus (Lost Horizon), popularisé par le mythique Shangri-La et Goodbye, Mr. Chips.
Biography
Fils d'un instituteur, il fait ses études supérieures au Christ's College de l'Université de Cambridge, où il s'occupe du journal étudiant. Dès 1920, alors qu'il n'a pas encore reçu son diplôme, il publie Portrait de Catherine (Catherine Herself), un roman psychologique. L'année suivante, il devient journaliste à Dublin et poursuit, en parallèle, sa carrière de romancier. Son premier grand succès, Un instant d'oubli (And Now Goodbye, 1931) lui permet de se consacrer uniquement à l'écriture.Ses romans Les Horizons perdus (Lost Horizon, 1933) et Au revoir, Mr. Chips (Goodbye, Mr. Chips, 1934), devenus rapidement de gros best-sellers, lui ouvrent les portes d'Hollywood, où il travaille pour des réalisateurs prestigieux, dont George Cukor, Alfred Hitchcock et William Wyler. Il remporte l'Oscar du meilleur scénario adapté en 1943 pour son scénario, écrit en collaboration, de Madame Miniver (Mrs. Miniver).
Il a également signé quelques romans policiers, dont Le ciel permettra-t-il ? (Dawn of Reckoning, 1925) et, sous le pseudonyme de Glen Trevor, Meurtre à l'école (Murder at School, 1931).
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(1942)(Ecrivain)
(1939)(Novel)
(1944)(Story)
(1937)(Novel)
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So Well Remembered (1947)
, 1h54Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors John Mills, Martha Scott, Trevor Howard, Patricia Roc, Richard Carlson, Reginald Tate
Roles Narrator (voice)
Rating69%
At the end of World War II in the Lancashire mill town of Browdley, town councillor, newspaper editor, and zealous reformer George Boswell (John Mills) recalls the past 26 years of his life. In 1919, he defends Olivia Channing (Martha Scott) when she applies for a library job. Her cotton mill owner father John Channing (Frederick Leister) had been sent to prison for almost 20 years for speculating with and losing many people's money.
Madame Curie (1944)
, 2h4Directed by Harry Beaumont, Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Actors Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Henry Travers, Albert Bassermann, C. Aubrey Smith, May Whitty
Roles Narration Spoken By (voice)
Rating71%
Marie Sklodowska (Greer Garson) is a poor, idealistic student living in Paris and studying at the Sorbonne. She neglects her health and one day faints during class. Her tutor, Prof. Perot (Albert Bassermann) is sympathetic and, finding that she has no friends or family in Paris, invites her to a soirée his wife is throwing for a "few friends" (primarily professors and their wives). Among the many guests is physicist Pierre Curie (Walter Pidgeon), an extremely shy and absentminded man completely devoted to his work. He allows Marie to share his lab and finds that she is a gifted scientist. Appalled that she plans on returning to Poland to teach after graduation, rather than devoting her life to further study, he takes her to visit his family in their country home. Marie and Pierre both tend to concentrate on science to the extent that they don't realize until the last minute they have fallen in love. Even when Pierre asks Marie to be his wife, he does so in terms of reason, logic and chemistry.
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Lost Horizon (1973)
, 2h30Directed by Charles Jarrott
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Peter Finch, John Gielgud, Liv Ullmann, Sally Kellerman, Olivia Hussey, Charles Boyer
Roles Novel
Rating52%
This version is much closer to the 1937 film than to the original James Hilton novel. It tells the story of a group of travellers whose airplane is hijacked while fleeing a bloody revolution. The airplane crash lands in an unexplored area of the Himalayas, where the party is rescued and taken to the lamasery of Shangri-La. Miraculously, Shangri-La, sheltered by mountains on all sides, is a temperate paradise amid the land of snows. Perfect health is the norm, and inhabitants live to very old age while maintaining a youthful appearance.
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
, 2h35Directed by Herbert Ross
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about education, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Peter O'Toole, Petula Clark, Michael Redgrave, Siân Phillips, Alison Leggatt, Michael Bryant
Roles Novel
Rating67%
Terence Rattigan's screenplay is a major departure from the simple plot of Hilton's novella. The time frame of the original story was advanced by several decades, starting in the 1920s, continuing through the Second World war, and ending in the late 1960s. Also, it does not show Chipping's first arrival at the Brookfield School, but starts with him already an established member of the teaching staff.
So Well Remembered (1947)
, 1h54Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors John Mills, Martha Scott, Trevor Howard, Patricia Roc, Richard Carlson, Reginald Tate
Roles Novel
Rating69%
At the end of World War II in the Lancashire mill town of Browdley, town councillor, newspaper editor, and zealous reformer George Boswell (John Mills) recalls the past 26 years of his life. In 1919, he defends Olivia Channing (Martha Scott) when she applies for a library job. Her cotton mill owner father John Channing (Frederick Leister) had been sent to prison for almost 20 years for speculating with and losing many people's money.
Cluny Brown (1946)
, 1h40Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Charles Boyer, Jennifer Jones, Peter Lawford, Richard Haydn, Helen Walker, Reginald Gardiner
Rating73%
A plumber's niece (Jennifer Jones) and a refugee (Charles Boyer) meet in England prior to World War II, and Una O'Connor, Peter Lawford, Helen Walker, Reginald Gardiner, C. Aubrey Smith, Reginald Owen, and Richard Haydn are around to take up what slack there is.
The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)
, 2h20Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, Arthur Rosson, Oscar Rudolph
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Gary Cooper, Laraine Day, Signe Hasso, Dennis O'Keefe, Paul Kelly, Carol Thurston
Roles Story
Rating65%
Lors de l'offensive japonaise en Indonésie, un médecin originaire de l'Arkansas, le Dr Wassell, chercheur passionné engagé dans la Marine se consacre à soigner les blessés américains d'un navire coulé par les Japonais. Au moment ce l'offensive japonaise sur Java un navire accepte d'embarquer les blessés capables de marcher mais pas la petite douzaine sur des civières. Le Dr Wassell reste avec eux, les ramène à l'hôpital de campagne plusieurs fois bombardé, parvient à les faire transporter par un convoi anglais à travers la jungle, use de la ruse pour les faire monter à bord d'un cargo surchargé et arrive enfin en Australie.
Forever and a Day (1943)
, 1h44Directed by Cedric Hardwicke, Frank Lloyd, Victor Saville, Robert Stevenson, René Clair, Edmund Goulding, Herbert Wilcox
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Kent Smith, George Kirby, Ruth Warrick, Merle Oberon, Ray Milland, Reginald Gardiner
Roles Writer
Rating68%
In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret (Kent Smith) is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble (Ruth Warrick), tries to dissuade him from selling by telling him the 140-year history of the place and the connections between the Trimble and Pomfret families.
The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942)
, 1h31Directed by Charles Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Charles Laughton, Jon Hall, Peggy Drake, Victor Francen, Gene Reynolds, Florence Bates
Roles Adaptation
Rating59%
When merchant sailor Chester Tuttle (Jon Hall) returns home to Tahiti after several years away, his family, headed by Jonas Tuttle (Charles Laughton), welcomes him with open arms. The Tuttles are a happy-go-lucky bunch who give little thought to the future and do as little work as necessary. Jonas often gets loans, which he never gets around to paying back, from Dr. Blondin (Victor Francen). Chester has brought with him a fighting rooster for Jonas's cockfight with the more industrious and prosperous Emily (Florence Bates).
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
, 2h14Directed by William Wyler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Films about families, Politique, Transport films, Aviation films, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, Richard Ney, May Whitty, Reginald Owen
Roles Ecrivain
Rating75%
Kay Miniver (Greer Garson) and her family live a comfortable life at a house called 'Starlings' in Belham, a fictional village outside London. The house has a large garden, with a private landing stage on the River Thames at which is moored a motorboat belonging to her devoted husband Clem (Walter Pidgeon), a successful architect. They have three children: the youngsters Toby (Christopher Severn) and Judy (Clare Sandars) and an older son Vin (Richard Ney) a student at a university. They have live-in staff: Gladys (Brenda Forbes) the housemaid and Ada (Marie De Becker) the cook.
Random Harvest (1942)
, 2h5Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Ronald Colman, Greer Garson, Philip Dorn, Susan Peters, Henry Travers, Margaret Wycherly
Roles Novel
Rating78%
"John Smith" (Ronald Colman) is a British officer who was gassed and became shell shocked in the trenches during the First World War. He is confined to an asylum as an unidentified inmate because he has lost his memory and has trouble speaking. When the war ends, jubilation erupts in the nearby town of Melbridge and the gatekeepers abandon their posts to join the celebration. With no one to stop him, Smith simply wanders off.
Rage in Heaven (1941)
, 1h25Directed by Richard Thorpe, W. S. Van Dyke, Robert B. Sinclair
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Robert Montgomery, Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders, Lucile Watson, Oskar Homolka, Philip Merivale
Roles Novel
Rating62%
The film opens with the following quote: "Heaven hath no rage like love to hatred turned." which is incorrectly attributed to Milton (quote is from William Congreve's The Mourning Bride).
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
, 1h59Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres War, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Spy, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Spy films, Films about journalists, Political films
Actors Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, George Sanders, Albert Bassermann, Robert Benchley
Roles Dialogue
Rating73%
The editor of the New York Globe, Mr. Powers (Harry Davenport), is concerned about the "crisis" in Europe, the growing power of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany, and the inability of celebrated foreign correspondents to get answers about whether or not war will ensue. After searching for a good, tough crime reporter for a fresh viewpoint, he appoints Johnny Jones (Joel McCrea) as a foreign correspondent, under the pen name Huntley Haverstock.
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
, 1h54Directed by Victor Saville, Sam Wood
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about education
Actors Robert Donat, Greer Garson, John Mills, Paul Henreid, Terry Kilburn, Judith Furse
Roles Novel
Rating78%
In 1928, Mr Chipping (Robert Donat), a retired schoolteacher of 83, is kept home by a cold. He falls asleep and his school teaching career is related in flashback.
We Are Not Alone (1939)
, 1h52Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Paul Muni, Jane Bryan, Flora Robson, Una O'Connor, Henry Daniell, Montagu Love
Roles Novel
Rating70%