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Lost Horizon

1937 · Film · 132 min

  • Adventure
  • Fantasy
  • Drama
  • Romance

Plot

British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash-land in the Himalayas, where they are rescued by the inhabitants of the hidden, idyllic valley of Shangri-La. Protected by the mountains from the world outside, where the clouds of World War II are gathering, Shangri-La provides a seductive escape for the world-weary Conway.

About Lost Horizon

Lost Horizon (re-released in 1942 as The Lost Horizon of Shangri-La) is a 1937 American adventure drama fantasy film directed by Frank Capra. The screenplay by Robert Riskin is based on the 1933 novel of the same name by James Hilton. The film exceeded its original budget by more than $776,000 and took five years to earn back its cost. The serious financial crisis it created for Columbia Pictures damaged the partnership between Capra and studio head Harry Cohn as well as the friendship between Capra and Riskin. In 2016, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

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Cast

  • Ronald ColmanRobert " Bob " Conway
  • Jane WyattSondra Bizet
  • Edward Everett HortonAlexander P. " Lovey " Lovett
  • John HowardGeorge Conway
  • Thomas MitchellHenry Barnard
  • MargoMaria
  • Isabel JewellGloria Stone
  • H.B. WarnerChang
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