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. 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... Frank Capra Frank Capra (May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an American film director and a major creative force behind a number of highly popular films. ... Ronald Colman (February 9, 1891 – May 19, 1958) was an English actor. ... Jane Waddington Wyatt (born August 12, 1911 in Campgaw, New Jersey) is an American actress. ... John Howard (April 14, 1913 - February 19, 1995) was an American actor, best known for his role in Lost Horizon. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Thomas Mitchell (July 11, 1892 – December 17, 1962) was an American film actor. ... Edward Everett Horton (March 18, 1886 - September 29, 1970) was an American actor with a long career including motion pictures, theater, radio, television and voice work for animated cartoons. ... Isabel Jewell (July 19, 1907 - April 5, 1972) was an American film actress. ... H. B. Warner (26 October 1875, London - 21 December 1958, Woodland Hills, California) was a British actor, born Henry B. Warner. ... Sam Jaffe was born March 8, 1891 in New York City. ...

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 Utopia, in its most common and general meaning, refers to an imaginary perfect society, that does not (yet) exist, or that can never exist because people are unable to reach perfection or endure tyranny forever. ... The Himalaya is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. ... James Hilton (September 9, 1900 - December 20, 1954) was a popular English novelist of the first half of the 20th century. ... The cover of the 1961 paperback edition Lost Horizon is a fantasy adventure novel by James Hilton. ... Sidney Buchman (27 March 1902 – 23 August 1975) was a film writer and producer who worked on 38 films from the late 1920s to the early 1970s. ... Streamline Moderne, sometimes referred to by either name alone, was a late branch of the Art Deco style. ... Stephen Goosson (1889 - 1973) was an American designer of film sets. ...

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.

It was remade as a Peter Finch musical in 1973, in which Shangri-La was strangely reminiscient of Gilligan's Island. In film, a remake may refer to a newer version of a previously released film, or a newer version of the source (play, novel, story, etc. ... Peter Finch Peter Finch (September 28, 1916 - January 14, 1977) was an English-born actor with strong Australian connections. ... The art of singing and dancing in a prepared fictional play has been a time-honored tradition ranging to the early days of civilization. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Shangri-La is a fictional place described in the novel, Lost Horizon, written by British writer James Hilton in 1933. ... The cast of Gilligans Island. ...

Awards

• Best Picture (nomination)
• Best Supporting Actor (nomination) - H. B. Warner

The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. ... The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... H. B. Warner (26 October 1875, London - 21 December 1958, Woodland Hills, California) was a British actor, born Henry B. Warner. ...

External link

• Lost Horizon at the Internet Movie Database