| Lost Horizon | |
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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Lost_Horizon_(1937_film_poster).jpg) Theatrical release poster by James Montgomery Flagg | |
| Directed by | Frank Capra |
| Screenplay by | Robert Riskin |
| Based on | Lost Horizon 1933 novel by James Hilton |
| Produced by | Frank Capra |
| Starring | Ronald Colman Jane Wyatt Edward Everett Horton John Howard Thomas Mitchell Margo Isabel Jewell Sam Jaffe |
| Cinematography | Joseph Walker Elmer Dyer |
| Edited by | Gene Havlick Gene Milford |
| Music by | Dimitri Tiomkin |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production company | Columbia Pictures |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 132 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2 million[2] |
| Box office | $3.5 million (U.S. and Canada rentals)[3][4] |
Lost Horizon (re-released in 1942 as The Lost Horizon of Shangri-La) is a 1937 American adventure drama fantasy film directed by Frank Capra. The screenplay by Robert Riskin is based on the 1933 novel of the same name by James Hilton.
The film exceeded its original budget by more than $776,000 and took five years to earn back its cost. The serious financial crisis it created for Columbia Pictures damaged the partnership between Capra and studio head Harry Cohn, as well as the friendship between Capra and Riskin.[5][verification needed]
In 2016, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[6][7][8]
- ^ "Lost Horizon". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
- ^ Rudy Behlmer, Behind the Scenes, Samuel French, 1990 p 37 ISBN 978-0573606007
- ^ Cohn, Lawrence (October 15, 1990). "All Time Film Rental Champs". Variety. p. M-170. ISSN 0042-2738.
- ^ "Wall St. Researchers' Cheery Tone". Variety. November 7, 1962. p. 7. Retrieved 2022-06-08 – via Archive.org.
- ^ McBride 1992, p. 328.
- ^ Hoffman, Ashley (December 14, 2016). "These 25 Movies Were Just Added to the National Film Registry". Time Magazine. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
- ^ "With "20,000 Leagues," the National Film Registry Reaches 700". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
- ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-11-24.