M.R. James
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- August 1, 1862
- Died
- June 12, 1936 (aged 73)
- Birthplace
- Dover, Kent, England
Biography
Montague Rhodes James OM FBA was an English author, medievalist scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918), and of Eton College (1918–1936). He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1913–15). James is best remembered for his ghost stories, which some consider among the best in the genre. He redefined the ghost story for the new century by abandoning many of the formal Gothic clichés of his predecessors and using more realistic contemporary settings. However, his protagonists and plots tend to reflect his own antiquarian interests. Accordingly, he is known as the originator of the "antiquarian ghost story".
Known For
Filmography
Tales of Ghosts & Demons
Movie · Writer
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus
Movie · Short Story
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
Movie · Short Story
Martin's Close
Movie · Short Story
Living Night
Movie · Original Story
The Tractate Middoth
Movie · Short Story
The Haunted Doll's House
Movie · Writer
Rats
Movie · Story
Whistle and I'll Come to You
Movie · Short Story
The Wailing Well
Movie · Short Story
Lost Hearts
Movie · Short Story
Number 13
Movie · Short Story
A View from a Hill
Movie · Short Story
Ghost Stories for Christmas
TV · Short Story, Original Story · 4 eps
The Church
Movie · Short Story
Classic Ghost Stories
Movie · Short Story
Classic Ghost Stories
TV · Short Story · 5 eps
The Charm of the Unusual
TV · Short Story · 2 eps
Casting the Runes
Movie · Short Story
Mr. Humphreys and His Inheritance
Movie · Short Story
The Ash Tree
Movie · Short Story
The Treasure of Abbot Thomas
Movie · Short Story
Lost Hearts
Movie · Short Story
A Warning to the Curious
Movie · Short Story
The Stalls of Barchester
Movie · Short Story
A Ghost Story for Christmas
TV · Short Story, Writer · 5 eps
Whistle and I'll Come to You
Movie · Short Story
Omnibus
TV · Story · 1 ep
ITV Playhouse
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Mystery and Imagination
TV · Short Story · 3 eps
Night of the Demon
Movie · Short Story
Whistle and I'll Come to You!
Movie · Short Story
The Lost Will of Dr. Rant
Movie · Original Story