James Hilton (novelist) months later it appeared as a book in Britain. Hilton, who lived and worked in Hollywood beginning in the mid-1930s, won an Academy Award in 1942 for his work on the screenplay of "Mrs. Miniver", based on the novel by Jan Struther. He presented six episodes of "Ceiling Unlimited" (1943) and hosted "The Hallmark Playhouse" (1948–1953) for CBS Radio. One of his later novels, "Morning Journey", was about the film business. Some of Hilton's novels were filmed: Hilton co-wrote the book and lyrics for "Shangri-La", a disastrous 1956 Broadway musical adaptation of "Lost Horizon". There is one sequel to "Lost
Random Harvest Random Harvest Random Harvest is a novel written by James Hilton, first published in 1941. Like previous Hilton works, including "Lost Horizon" and "Goodbye, Mr. Chips", the novel was immensely popular, placing second on "The New York Times" list of best-selling novels for the year. The novel was successfully adapted into a film of the same name in 1942 under the direction of Mervyn LeRoy. Claudine West, George Froeschel and Arthur Wimperis adapted the novel for the screen, and received an Academy Award nomination for their work. Though the film departs from the novel's narrative in several significant ways, the