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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…
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- Omnibus (1967) Story
- ITV Playhouse (1967) Writer
- Mystery and Imagination (1966) Short Story
- A Ghost Story for Christmas (1971) Short Story
- Night of the Demon (1957) Short Story
- The Church (1989) Short Story
- Lost Hearts (2007) Short Story
- Rats (2011) Story
- Ghost Stories for Christmas (2000) Short Story
- Living Night (2015) Original Story
- Classic Ghost Stories (1986) Short Story
- The Charm of the Unusual (1980) Short Story
- Martin's Close (2019) Short Story
- Whistle and I'll Come to You (2010) Short Story
- The Wailing Well (2010) Short Story
- Tales of Ghosts & Demons (2023) Writer
- A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus (2022) Short Story
- A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint (2021) Short Story
- The Tractate Middoth (2013) Short Story
- Number 13 (2006) Short Story
- The Ash Tree (1975) Short Story
- The Haunted Doll's House (2012) Writer
- Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968) Short Story
- Mr. Humphreys and His Inheritance (1976) Short Story
- The Stalls of Barchester (1971) Short Story
- A Warning to the Curious (1972) Short Story
- A View from a Hill (2005) Short Story
- The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974) Short Story
- Casting the Runes (1979) Short Story
- The Lost Will of Dr. Rant (1951) Original Story
- Lost Hearts (1973) Short Story
- Whistle and I'll Come to You! (1956) Short Story
- M.R. James: Supernatural Storyteller (2004) as Self
- Classic Ghost Stories (1986) Short Story
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Most-watched M.R. James films currently: Night of the Demon (1957), The Church (1989), Lost Hearts (2007), Rats (2011), Living Night (2015).
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Selected TV credits: Omnibus (1967), ITV Playhouse (1967), Mystery and Imagination (1966), A Ghost Story for Christmas (1971), Ghost Stories for Christmas (2000).
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