The book, published in 1933, caught the notice of the public only after Hilton's Goodbye, Mr. Chips was published in 1934.

Hilton's novel was adapted for BBC Radio 4 in three hour-long episodes under its Classic Serial banner:

Balgarnie, one of the masters at The Leys ( 1900 – 30 ), who was in charge of the Leys Fortnightly ( in which Hilton's first short stories and essays were published ).

While Blackstone saw an opportunity to streamline the company and push Hilton's expansion overseas when Blackstone pursued Hilton in 2006 and 2007, the buyout saddled the company with $ 20 billion of debt just as the economy was turning down.

The U. S. branch of Hilton hotels was reunited with the international properties after more than 40 years in February 2006, when United States-based Hilton Hotels Corporation purchased the hotels division of United Kingdom-based Hilton Group plc, which had acquired Hilton's International operations in 1987 ( the companies had been separated originally in 1964 ).

It has been claimed that Weaverville was an inspiration for the remote paradise of Shangri-la from British author James Hilton's " Lost Horizon ", but this is the result of a misinterpretation of a comment by Hilton in a 1941 interview, in which he said that Weaverville reminded him of Shangri-La .. Junction City ( about 8 miles from Weaverville ) has a Tibetan Buddhist center.

They promoted colonization in America, and that year Hilton's Point was the arrival point of numerous immigrant pioneers, many from Bristol.

* A life size Gorn statue was on exhibit at the Las Vegas Hilton's Star Trek museum.

The last musical score that Warren composed specifically for Broadway was Shangri-La, a disastrous 1956 adaptation of James Hilton's Lost Horizon, which ran for only 21 performances.

Hilton's name can still be seen (" C Hilton 1903 ") carved on the wall of what was once the schoolhouse, since then a mechanic's garage, and now a barn.

Her eponymous boutique was featured in a 2007 episode of Kathy Griffin's reality show My Life on the D-List, as well as on a 2008 episode of Paris Hilton's My New BFF.

Hilton's diplomacy notwithstanding, the film's franchise was plagued with accusations of inciting violence in children.

During one performance in September 1973, following news that one of the Hilton's staff that Presley was fond of had been fired, he attacked Barron Hilton in a verbal rage on stage.

The screenplay by Terence Rattigan is based on James Hilton's 1934 novella of the same name, which originally was adapted for the screen in 1939.

Balgarnie, one of the masters at The Leys ( 1900 – 30 ) who was in charge of the Leys Fortnightly ( where Hilton's first short stories and essays were published ).

In July 2004, Salomon dropped his lawsuit against the Hilton family after Paris Hilton's privacy lawsuit was thrown out of court.

At the turn of the Millennium, Hilton's village hall was refurbished and extended.

Harold Hilton's record was just as impressive.

Hilton's casino resorts division was subsequently spun off and became Caesars Entertainment Inc in 2003.

Finden's last undertaking was an engraving on a large scale of William Hilton's Crucifixion.

Joe: The Movie and the 1987 series of action figures, Cobra-La was created as a reference to James Hilton's Lost Horizon, and the name itself is likely a pun on Shangri-La.

The Hotels Statler Company, Inc., was sold to Conrad Hilton's ( Hilton Hotels ) in 1954 for $ 111, 000, 000 in what was then the world's largest real estate transaction.

On June 27, 2011, Tyler Hilton's song " Faithful " was released on the soundtrack of Larry Crowne.

Both the 1937 film and this one had their story from James Hilton's novel Lost Horizon.

Fans were confused that the trailer had proclaimed this movie as " Paris Hilton's film debut " yet she had already appeared in 2005's House of Wax.

* In James Hilton's novel Goodbye, Mr Chips ( 1934 ), Katherine, the lovely young wife of the shy schoolmaster protagonist Mr Chipping, is said to have been living with an aunt in Ealing following the death of her parents.

In the 1930s small terraced houses that were built along Alvechurch Road and Sir Hilton's Road, and slightly grander semi-detached and detached houses, along West Heath Road and Redditch Road began to change the traditional rural nature of West Heath.

* On the coast of New Hampshire, the settlement of Hilton's Point that will become Dover is established by men from London, England, the first European settlers in the state.

Hilton's hypothesis is that Peel wished to actually be deposed on a liberal issue so that he might later lead a Peelite / Whig / Liberal alliance.

Hilton's Conway is not as successful as the character in the film version.

In Hilton's final novel, " Time and Time Again " ( 1953 ), protagonist Charles Anderson bears clear biographical similarities to Hilton himself.

Many of Hilton's properties are franchised to independent operators and companies.

Most of Hilton's flagship properties, airport properties, and largest resorts however are corporate managed.

Hilton HHonors is Hilton's guest loyalty program in which frequent guests can accumulate points and airline miles by staying with the various Hilton family of brands.

Hilton's logo appears prominently in the space station's lounge.

The song " Radio " from the album debuted on Perez Hilton's site on May 15, 2012.

The city's self-styled nickname is " The Shangri-La of Southern California ", referring to the similarities between the health-and-spirituality-focused region and the mystical sanctuary of James Hilton's novel Lost Horizon.

By 1640, Trickey's Ferry operated between Bloody Point and Hilton's Point in Dover.

Settled in 1623 as Hilton's Point by brothers William and Edward Hilton, London fishmongers, Dover is the oldest permanent settlement in New Hampshire, and the seventh oldest in the United States.

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He also wrote the Foreword to Adrian Hilton's book on this issue, The Principality and Power of Europe.

* In an episode of Robot Chicken, Bizarro is portrayed as Paris Hilton's boyfriend using his Bizarro speech to insult Paris in what on the surface appears to be a compliment.

Previously held at the Las Vegas Hilton's Main Theater, they staged for the first time at The Palazzo Ballroom in The Venetian.