David Lean a film adaptation of "A Passage to India" (1984), from E. M. Forster's 1924 novel of colonial conflicts in British-occupied India. Entirely shot on location in the sub-continent, this became his last completed film. He rejected a draft by Santha Rama Rau, responsible for the stage adaptation and Forster's preferred screenwriter, and wrote the script himself. In addition, Lean also edited the film with the result that his three roles in the production (writer, editor, director) were given equal status in the credits. Lean recruited long-time collaborators for the cast and crew, including Maurice Jarre (who won another Academy-Award for
Peggy Hyland The production starred Allan Roscoe and was directed by Howard M. Mitchell. The date of death for Hyland has not been definitively determined. The last whereabouts of her was her marriage to Universal film producer Fred LeRoy Granville in September 1921. They later divorced and her last film was released in 1925. However, according to IMDB, she died on September 19, 1973 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK Peggy Hyland Peggy Hyland ("née" Gladys Hutchinson) (11 June 1884 – September 19, 1973) was an English silent film actress who was born in Harborne, Birmingham, Warwickshire. She was educated in Britain