Lost Horizon (1937) | |
| Director(s) | Frank Capra |
| Producer(s) | Frank Capra (uncredited), Harry Cohn (executive uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery |
| Top Topics | Book-Based |
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Lost Horizon Overview:
Lost Horizon (1937) was a Adventure - Drama Film directed by Frank Capra and produced by Frank Capra and Harry Cohn.
The film was based on the novel of the same name written by James Hilton published in 1933.
Academy Awards 1937 --- Ceremony Number 10 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Supporting Actor | H. B. Warner | Nominated |
| Best Art Direction | Stephen Goosson | Won |
| Best Film Editing | Gene Havlick, Gene Milford | Won |
| Best Music - Scoring | Columbia Studio Music Department, Morris Stoloff, head of department (Score by Dimitri Tiomkin) | Nominated |
| Best Picture | Columbia | Nominated |
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In Defense of the Musical Lost Horizon
By Rick29 on Apr 29, 2019 From Classic Film & TV CafeA glimpse of Shangri-La. It was a boxoffice bomb and savaged by critics. It barely recouped 25% of its budget, leading the movie industry to label it "The Lost Investment." Time hasn't been kind to it. Rather than becoming a cult film, it has been lambasted in books such as The Fifty Worst Films of... Read full article
PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES: FRANK CAPRA'S "LOST HORIZON"
By The Lady Eve on Oct 20, 2015 From Lady Eve's Reel LifeFrank Capra's wistful 1937 fantasy, Lost Horizon, begins dramatically with a chaotic mob scene at an airfield in war-torn Baskul, China, highlighted by a spectacular explosion and fire. In the midst of the fray, British diplomat Robert Conway (Ronald Colman) is managing the evacuation of 90 Westerne... Read full article
PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES: FRANK CAPRA'S "LOST HORIZON"
By The Lady Eve on Oct 20, 2015 From Lady Eve's Reel LifeFrank Capra's wistful 1937 fantasy Lost Horizon begins dramatically with a chaotic mob scene at an airfield in war-torn Baskul, China, highlighted by a spectacular explosion and fire. In the midst of the fray, British diplomat Robert Conway (Ronald Colman) is managing the evacuation of 90 Westerners... Read full article
PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES: FRANK CAPRA'S "LOST HORIZON"
By The Lady Eve on Oct 20, 2015 From Lady Eve's Reel LifeFrank Capra's wistful 1937 fantasy, Lost Horizon, begins dramatically with a chaotic mob scene at an airfield in war-torn Baskul, China, highlighted by a spectacular explosion and fire. In the midst of the fray, British diplomat Robert Conway (Ronald Colman) is managing the evacuation of 90 Westerne... Read full article
Lost Horizon (1937)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 14, 2015 From 4 Star FilmsCertainly this is not the most well known or the best film of Capra. It is in fact quite different from a lot of his filmography. That is not to say that it is not an enjoyable film about a man who finds a little piece of Utopia called Shangri-La. Ronald Colman was certainly a likable fellow in the ... Read full article
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Quotes from
Chang: There is a tribe of porters some 500 miles from here. That is our only contact with the outside world. Every now and again, depending on favorable weather of course, they make the journey.
George Conway: How do we get in touch with them?
Chang: Well, in that respect, you are exceedingly fortunate. We are expecting a shipment from them almost any time now.
Barnard: Just want to do mean by, almost any time now?
Chang: Well, we've been expecting this particular shipment for the past two years...
Robert Conway: Mr. Chang, if you don't mind, I think I'll go on being amazed - in moderation go course...
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Facts about
John Howard was tested for his part two days before production began. David Niven and Louis Hayward had both already tested for the role.
Despite the persistent rumor that Walter Connolly was tested for the role of the High Llama was vehemently denied by Capra. Only two actors were considered for the role before Jaffe. English actor A. E. Anson was actually tested but died two days after the it was made. Henry B. Walthall was scheduled to be tested but died before one could be made. The third test was of Jaffe, and he got the part. Capra has been quoted as saying that Connolly was considered for the Thomas Mitchell role, but was committed to another project. Capra added that Connolly and Charles Laughton, who was also rumored for the part, were both too fat to play a two-hundred-year-old ascetic.
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