James Hilton

James Hilton

出生 : 1900-09-09, Leigh, Lancashire, England, UK

死亡 : 1954-12-20

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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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Lost Horizon
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, Shangri-La.
チップス先生さようなら
Novel
ジェームズ・ヒルトンの名作文学に基づくミュージカルを、ピーター・オトゥール主演で映画化。教育熱心だが人気のない“チップス先生”ことアーサー・チッピングの、恋あり騒動ありの人生をみずみずしく描く。
Mrs. Miniver
Original Film Writer
A British housewife faces up to the harsh realities of the Second World War.
So Well Remembered
Narrator (voice)
A mill-owner's ambitious daughter almost ruins her husband's political career.
So Well Remembered
Novel
A mill-owner's ambitious daughter almost ruins her husband's political career.
Cluny Brown
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
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 Marblehead. Based on a true story of how Dr. Wassell saved a dozen or so wounded sailors who were left behind when able bodied men were evacuated to Australia.
Madame Curie
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 concerning her abilities, but is eventually offered a research placement in Pierre Curie's lab. The scientists soon fall in love and embark on a shared quest to extract, from a particular type of rock, a new chemical element they have named radium. However, their research puts them on the brink of professional failure.
Forever and a Day
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, 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.
心の旅路
Novel
ポーラは精神病院から脱走してきた男と出会う。記憶障害と軽い言語障害があった彼をスミシィと呼び、やがて結婚し幸せな生活を築いた彼ら。しかし、スミシィが事故で頭を強打してしまい……。2回の記憶喪失に翻弄される男と女の切ないラヴ・ストーリー。
ミニヴァー夫人
Screenplay
第二次世界大戦の戦意高揚映画として撮影され、戦争の荒波に巻き込まれながら気丈に生きていくミニヴァー夫人とその一家の人々の姿を感動的に描き、アカデミー作品賞、監督賞、主演女優賞など6部門を受賞した名作。 1939年のロンドン郊外。明るく美しいミニヴァー夫人は、建築技師の夫と3人の子供たちと幸福な日々を送っていた。しかし、第2次世界大戦にイギリスが参戦し、長男ヴィンや使用人が出征、残されたミニヴァー夫人たちにも戦火が…。
The Tuttles of Tahiti
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 Uncle Jonas, would rather dance and romance than earn a living. When Jonas loses the family plantation in a cockfight, Chester saves the day by towing in a large ship abandoned at sea and claiming the salvage. But opening a joint bank account in the name of the Tuttle clan may not have been a wise decision.
Rage in Heaven
Novel
A jealous man frames his wife's suspected lover for murder.
海外特派員
Dialogue
第二次世界大戦直前のアムステルダムを舞台に、オランダの要人暗殺を目撃したために政治的陰謀に巻き込まれる新聞記者の暗殺を描く名作。ストーリーは二転三転、名シーンが詰まっている。
We Are Not Alone
Screenplay
A British doctor and his son's Austrian governess have an affair and are accused of killing his wife.
We Are Not Alone
Novel
A British doctor and his son's Austrian governess have an affair and are accused of killing his wife.
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Novel
A shy British teacher looks back nostalgically at his long career, taking note of the people who touched his life.
Knight Without Armour
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 poses as a Russian Commissar. Because of his position among the revolutionaries, he is able to rescue a Russian countess from the Bolsheviks.
失はれた地平線
Novel
British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash land in the Himalayas, and are rescued by the people of the mysterious, Eden-like valley of Shangri-la. Protected by the mountains from the world outside, where the clouds of World War II are gathering, Shangri-la provides a seductive escape for the world-weary Conway.
椿姫
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 their wills and women turned courtesans exult in pleasure. One such woman is Marguerite Gautier, who begins a sumptuous romance with Armand Duval.