Dec 31st
Lost Horizon**
US 1937. Columbia. 125m(partially restored version). bw
A British missionary and fellow passengers escape war-torn China by plane, but are delivered to Shangri-La.
Paradise on Earth seems to resemble an art deco estate, and some of the sentiments and comic relief look horribly dated now, but for the historical context of its time (just two years before World War II#) the appeal of Shangri-La is still as elusive to a troubled world as it ever was.
Written by: Robert Riskin, from the novel by James Hilton.
Producer/Director: Frank Capra .
Starring: Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, John Howard, Thomas Mitchell, Edward Everett Horton, Isabel Jewell, H.B. Warner, Sam Jaffe, Margo, Hugh Buckler.
Photography: Joseph Walker.
Music: Dmitri Tiomkin.
Art Direction: Stephen Goosson.
# a 1942 re-release (shortened to 108 minutes) paints the Japanese as villains during the early evacuation scenes from China
## see also "The Battle over Lost Horizon"
Lost Horizon**
US 1937. Columbia. 125m(partially restored version). bw
A British missionary and fellow passengers escape war-torn China by plane, but are delivered to Shangri-La.
Paradise on Earth seems to resemble an art deco estate, and some of the sentiments and comic relief look horribly dated now, but for the historical context of its time (just two years before World War II#) the appeal of Shangri-La is still as elusive to a troubled world as it ever was.
Written by: Robert Riskin, from the novel by James Hilton.
Producer/Director: Frank Capra .
Starring: Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, John Howard, Thomas Mitchell, Edward Everett Horton, Isabel Jewell, H.B. Warner, Sam Jaffe, Margo, Hugh Buckler.
Photography: Joseph Walker.
Music: Dmitri Tiomkin.
Art Direction: Stephen Goosson.
# a 1942 re-release (shortened to 108 minutes) paints the Japanese as villains during the early evacuation scenes from China
## see also "The Battle over Lost Horizon"
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