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Lost Horizon
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7.0British 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.
Cast
- Ronald Colman as Robert " Bob " Conway
- Jane Wyatt as Sondra Bizet
- Edward Everett Horton as Alexander P. " Lovey " Lovett
- John Howard as George Conway
- Thomas Mitchell as Henry Barnard
- Margo as Maria
Themes
- airplane
- based on novel or book
- himalaya mountain range
- tibet
- survival
- airplane crash
- shangri la
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Frank Capra
- Screenplay by
- Robert Riskin
- Based on
- Lost Horizon , 1933 novel, by James Hilton
- Produced by
- Frank Capra
- Starring
- Ronald Colman , Jane Wyatt , Edward Everett Horton , John Howard , Thomas Mitchell , Margo , Isabel Jewell , Sam Jaffe
- Cinematography
- Joseph Walker , Elmer Dyer
- Edited by
- Gene Havlick , Gene Milford
- Music by
- Dimitri Tiomkin
- Color process
- Black and white
- Production company
- Columbia Pictures
- Distributed by
- Columbia Pictures
- Release dates
- March 2, 1937 ( 1937-03-02 ) ( San Francisco , premiere)
- Running time
- 132 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $2 million
- Box office
- $3.5 million (U.S. and Canada rentals)
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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