Lost Horizon (1937)

Lost Horizon is a 1937 film directed by Frank Capra starring Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, John Howard, Margo, Thomas Mitchell, Edward Everett Horton, Isabel Jewell, H.B. Warner, and Sam Jaffe.

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1937 - Film - Frank Capra - Ronald Colman - Jane Wyatt - John Howard - Margo - Thomas Mitchell - Edward Everett Horton - Isabel Jewell - H.B. Warner - Sam Jaffe

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It tells the story of a group of travelers who find a utopian society in the Himalayan mountains. The film is based upon the James Hilton novel of the same name. The film was adapted by Sidney Buchman (uncredited) and Robert Riskin. The Streamline Moderne sets were by Stephen Goosson

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Utopia - Himalaya - James Hilton - Novel of the same name - Sidney Buchman - Robert Riskin - Streamline Moderne - Stephen Goosson

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No complete print of this movie survives. When shown today, there are several segments where still shots are coupled with the surviving soundtrack (which is intact) to make the complete film.

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It was remade as a Peter Finch musical in 1973, in which Shangri-La was strangely reminiscient of Gilligan's Island.

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Remade - Peter Finch - Musical - 1973 - Shangri-La - Gilligan's Island

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