Lost Horizon Movie Review 1937

A group of strangers fleeing revolution in China are lost in the Tibetan Himalayas and stumble across the valley of Shangri La. The inhabitants of this Utopian community have lived for hundreds of years in kindness and peace--but what will the intrusion of these strangers bring? The classic romantic role for Colman. Capra's directorial style meshed perfectly with the pacifist theme of James Hilton's classic novel, resulting in one of the most memorable films of the 1930s. This version restores more than 20 minutes of footage which had been cut from the movie through the years.

Distribution

Reader's Digest Home Video, Reader's Digest Rd., Pleasantville, NY 10570, Phone: (914)234-9000, Toll-free: 800-304-2807, URL: http://www.readersdigest.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 132 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Asia, Restored Footage, Books to Film: James Hilton, Lost Worlds, 4 Bones

Screenplay

Robert Riskin

Cast

Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, H.B. Warner, Sam Jaffe, Thomas Mitchell, Edward Everett Horton, Isabel Jewell, John Howard, Margo

Cinematography

Joseph Walker

Director

Frank Capra

Music

Dimitri Tiomkin

Producer

Columbia Pictures

Awards

Oscars 1937: Film Editing.