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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