Lost Horizon
Director: Frank Capra
Writer: Robert Riskin
From novel: Lost Horizon by James Hilton
Musical Score: Dimitri Tiomkin
Keywords: Action/Adventure, Fantasy, Airplane Crash
Five passengers find themselves stranded in Tibet after an airplane crash, then led up a mountain trail to the secluded valley of Shangri-La. Surrounded by intense beauty, absence of war, and eternal youth, it would seem to be a paradise. But not everyone is happy. Won Oscars for Best Art Direction and Best Editing; received additional nominations for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Score, Best Assistant Director, and Best Sound Recording.
Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ronald Colman | Actor | 9-Feb-1891 | 19-May-1958 | A Double Life |
Edward Everett Horton | Actor | 18-Mar-1886 | 29-Sep-1970 | Prolific 1930s comedic actor |
John Howard | Actor | 14-Apr-1913 | 19-Feb-1995 | Bulldog Drummond |
Sam Jaffe | Actor | 10-Mar-1891 | 24-Mar-1984 | Gunga Din |
Margo | Actor | 10-May-1917 | 17-Jul-1985 | Lost Horizon |
Thomas Mitchell | Actor | 11-Jul-1892 | 17-Dec-1962 | Gerald O'Hara in Gone with the Wind |
H. B. Warner | Actor | 26-Oct-1875 | 21-Dec-1958 | The King of Kings |
Jane Wyatt | Actor | 12-Aug-1910 | 20-Oct-2006 | Father Knows Best |
CAST
Ronald Colman | ... Robert Conway (diplomat) |
With | |
Jane Wyatt | ... Sondra (love interest) |
John Howard | ... George Conway (Robert's brother) |
Margo | ... Maria |
Thomas Mitchell | ... Barnard (embezzler) |
Edward Everett Horton | ... Lovett (paleontologist) |
Isabel Jewell | ... Gloria (prostitute) |
H. B. Warner | ... Chang (caravan leader) |
Sam Jaffe | ... High Lama |
Hall Johnson Choir | ... Voices |
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