Lost Horizon

Jan 14, 2018 11:33

"Lost Horizon" (1937, Columbia Pictures) is a fantasy film directed by Frank Capra nominated for Outstanding Production (e.g. Best Picture) at the Oscars. Stephen Goosson also won for Best Art Direction. Gene Havlick and Gene Milford won for Best Film Editing.

The screenplay was by Robert Riskin, based on the 1933 novel by James Hilton. The film starred Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, H.B. Warner, Sam Jaffe, John Howard, Edward Everett Horton, Thomas Mitchell, and Margo Albert (billed as "Margo") as Maria.

H.B. Warner got an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor. Dimitri Tiomkin wrote the score, which received a nomination as Best Score. John Livadary was nominated for Best Sound Recording. C. C. Coleman, Jr. was nominated for Best Assistant Director.

The vast model of Shangri-la.




Columbia Pictures back lot in 1936, showing the extensive Shangri-la sets.




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fantasy, production design, cinema

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