Lost Horizon( 1937)

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Overview

British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash land in the Himalayas, and are rescued by the people of the mysterious, Eden-like valley of Shangri-la. Protected by the mountains from the world outside, where the clouds of World War II are gathering, Shangri-la provides a seductive escape for the world-weary Conway.

Top Billed Cast

Ronald Colman
Robert " Bob " Conway
Jane Wyatt
Sondra Bizet
Edward Everett Horton
Alexander P. " Lovey " Lovett
John Howard
George Conway
Thomas Mitchell
Henry Barnard
Margo
Maria
Isabel Jewell
Gloria Stone
H.B. Warner
Chang
Sam Jaffe
High Lama
John Burton
Wynant (uncredited)
Milton Owen
Fenner (uncredited)
John T. Murray
Meeker (uncredited)
Victor Wong
Bandit Leader (uncredited)
Carl Stockdale
Missionary (uncredited)
David Torrence
Prime Minister (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell
Englishman (uncredited)
Richard Loo
Shanghai Airport Official (uncredited)
Margaret McWade
Missionary (uncredited)
Willie Fung
Bandit Leader at Fuel Stop-over (uncredited)
George Chan
Chinese Priest (uncredited)
Wyrley Birch
Missionary (uncredited)
Norman Ainsley
Embassy Club Steward (uncredited)
David Clyde
Embassy Club Steward (uncredited)
Noble Johnson
Leader of Porters (uncredited)
Chief John Big Tree
Porter (uncredited)
Harold Lishman
Porter (uncredited)

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Sun Jun 14 2020

Capra adapts James Hilton's Utopian novel with grace and beauty. It's so nice to be able to see something resembling the original vision Capra had for this story, the wonders of science gives us a cracking restoration to enjoy at our want. Robert Conway is a British diplomat who helps a group of people (one his younger brother) escape from a Chinese revolution in a passenger plane, all doesn't go to plan, though, as the plane has been skyjacked and is heading into the Himalayas, and Tibet. The plane crash lands due to the pilot becoming stricken, and after the passengers get out they are ...