Lost horizons

lost Horizons is an American film carried out by Frank Capra, left in 1937.

Synopsis

1935 in China. Under the threat of the Japanese troops, the English diplomat Robert Conway organizes the evacuation of his fellow-citizens. Whereas it should fly towards Shangaï, the plane is crushed in the mountains thibétaines. Conway and four other survivors are collected in the valley of Shangri it. They discover a true paradise where harmony and happiness reign.

Data sheet

Title: lost Horizons
original Title: Lost Horizon
Realization: Frank Capra
Scenario: Robert Riskin and Sidney Buchman, according to a novel of James Hilton
Production: Frank Capra and Harry Cohn
Music: Dimitri Tiomkin
Photography: Joseph Walker
Assembly: Gene Havlick and Gene Milford
Artistic director: Stephen Goosson
Costumes: Ernest Dryden
Country of origin: the United States
Format: Black and white - 1,37:1 - Mono - 35 mm
Kind: Venture, fantastic
Durée: 132 minutes
Coming out date: March 2nd 1937 (first in San Francisco), September 1st 1937 (the United States)

Distribution

Ronald Colman : Robert Conway
Jane Wyatt: Sondra
Edward Everett Horton : Alexander P. Lovett
John Howard: George Conway
Thomas Mitchell: Henry Barnard
Margo: Maria
Isabel Jewell: Gloria Stone
H.B. Warner: Chang
Sam Jaffe: High LAMA

Rewards

Oscar of the best artistic director (Stephen Goosson) and of the best assembly in 1938.
Nomination with the Oscar of the male best supporting role (H.B. Warner), better assisting realizer (Charles C. Coleman), better music, better film and better sound (John P. Livadary) in 1938.

External bond

Horizons lost on Internet Movie Database

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