Lost Horizon (1937)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.8/10   

Director:

Frank Capra

Escritores:

Robert Riskin (screenplay)
James Hilton (novel)
(más)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

1 septiembre 1937 (USA)

Género:

Aventura | Drama | Fantasía | Misterio

Frase comercial:

Millions to make it ! . . . Two years in production ! . . . The best seller that set a new style in romance floods the screen with splendor and drama surpassing Frank Capra's greatest past achievements. "Mr Deeds" and "It Happened One Night".

Plot:

A plane crash delivers a group of people to the secluded land of Shangri-La -- but is it the miraculous utopia it appears to be?

Plot Keywords:

Shangri La | War | Diplomat | Revolution | Utopia

Premios:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 5 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Another Capra gem

Reparto

Ronald Colman	...	Robert Conway
Jane Wyatt	...	Sondra
Edward Everett Horton	...	Lovett
John Howard	...	George Conway
Thomas Mitchell	...	Barnard
Margo	...	Maria
Isabel Jewell	...	Gloria
H.B. Warner	...	Chang
Sam Jaffe	...	High Lama
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Norman Ainsley	...	Embassy Club Steward (uncredited)
Chief John Big Tree	...	Porter (uncredited)
Wyrley Birch	...	Missionary (uncredited)
Beatrice Blinn	...	Passenger (uncredited)
Hugh Buckler	...	Lord Gainsford - Toaster at Embassy Club (uncredited)
Sonny Bupp	...	Boy Being Carried to Plane (unconfirmed) (uncredited)
John Burton	...	Wynant - Man at Club (uncredited)
Tom Campbell	...	Porter (uncredited)
Matthew Carlton	...	Pottery Maker (uncredited)
Eli Casey	...	Porter (uncredited)
David Cavendish	...	First Pilot (uncredited)
George Chan	...	Chinese Priest (uncredited)
Darby Clark	...	Radio Operator (uncredited)
David Clyde	...	Embassy Club Steward (uncredited)
Robert Cory	...	Englishman (uncredited)
Beatrice Curtis	...	Passenger (uncredited)
Mary Lou Dix	...	Passenger (uncredited)
Val Durand	...	Talu - Hijacking Pilot (uncredited)
Neil Fitzgerald	...	Radio Operator (uncredited)
Willie Fung	...	Bandit Leader at Fuel Stop-over (uncredited)
Moning Gonzales	...	Porter (uncredited)
Lawrence Grant	...	First Man (uncredited)
Antonion Herrera	...	Porter (uncredited)
Joe Herrera	...	Candle Maker (uncredited)
Glenn Howard	...	Porter (uncredited)
Boyd Irwin	...	Assistant Foreign Secretary (uncredited)
Noble Johnson	...	Leader of Porters on Return Journey (uncredited)
Manual Kalili	...	Servant (uncredited)
George Kaluna	...	Porter (uncredited)
Harold Lishman	...	Porter (uncredited)
Richard Loo	...	Shanghai Airport Official (uncredited)
Robert Lugo	...	Porter (uncredited)
Richard Master	...	Servant (uncredited)
Margaret McWade	...	Missionary (uncredited)
John Miltern	...	Carstairs - Man at Club (uncredited)
Ray Mitchell	...	Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Joe Molina	...	Porter (uncredited)
Henry Mowbray	...	Englishman (uncredited)
Leonard Mudie	...	Foreign Secretary with Prime Minister (uncredited)
John T. Murray	...	Meeker - Man at Club (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell	...	Englishman (uncredited)
Milton Owen	...	Fenner - Hijacked Pilot (uncredited)
Max Rabinowitz	...	Seiveking - Pianist on Board Ship (uncredited)
Arthur Rankin	...	Passenger (uncredited)
Ruth Robinson	...	Missionary (uncredited)
Richard Robles	...	Porter (uncredited)
Alex Shoulder	...	Servant (uncredited)
Joe Shoulder	...	Porter (uncredited)
James Smith	...	Porter (uncredited)
Carl Stockdale	...	Missionary (uncredited)
John Tettener	...	Montaigne - Man at Club (uncredited)
Ed Thorpe	...	Porter (uncredited)
David Torrence	...	Prime Minister (uncredited)
Eric Wilton	...	Englishman (uncredited)
Barry Winton	...	Englishman (uncredited)
Victor Wong	...	Bandit Leader (uncredited)
Ernesto Zambrano	...	Servant (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Frank Capra

Créditos del guión
Robert Riskin		(screenplay)
James Hilton		(novel)
Sidney Buchman		contributor to screenplay (uncredited)

Producida por
Frank Capra	....	producer
Harry Cohn	....	executive producer (uncredited)

Música original por
Dimitri Tiomkin		(musical score)

Fotografía por
Joseph Walker		(photography)

Montaje por
Gene Havlick
Gene Milford

Dirección artística
Stephen Goosson		(as Stephen Goossón)

Decorados
Babs Johnstone		(interior decorator) (uncredited)

Diseño de vestuario por
Ernest Dryden		(costumes) (as Ernst Dryden)

Departamento de maquillaje
Jack Dawn	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Rhoda Donaldson	....	hairdresser (uncredited)
Charles Huber	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Helen Hunt	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
John Wallace	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Dirección de producción
Sidney W. Pink	....	assistant production manager (uncredited)

Ayudante de dirección
Arthur S. Black Jr.	....	assistant director (uncredited)
Milton Carter	....	assistant director (uncredited)
Charles C. Coleman	....	assistant director (uncredited)
Robert Farfan	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Departamento de Arte
Fay Babcock	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Lionel Banks	....	assistant art director (uncredited)
Ted Dickson	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Paul Murphy	....	assistant art director (uncredited)
Cary Odell	....	set sketcher (uncredited)
Jim Pratt	....	construction foreman (uncredited)
Jack Wrenn	....	property master (uncredited)

Departamento de sonido
Edward Bernds	....	sound engineer (uncredited)
Irving 'Buster' Libbott	....	microphone operator (uncredited)

Efectos especiales
Ganahl Carson	....	special camera effects
Roy Davidson	....	special camera effects (as E. Roy Davidson)
Harry Redmond Jr.	....	special effects (uncredited)

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Elmer Dyer	....	aerial photographer
Roy Babbitt	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Schuyler Crail	....	still photographer (uncredited)
Henry Freulich	....	additional photography (uncredited)
George Hager	....	gaffer (uncredited)
William Jolley	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Alfred S. Keller	....	camera operator (uncredited)
George F. Kelley	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Irving Klein	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Al Layter	....	best boy (uncredited)
Irving Lippman	....	still photographer (uncredited)
James Lloyd	....	key grip (uncredited)
Sam Rosen	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Victor Scheurich	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Rod Tolmie	....	assistant camera: aerial unit (uncredited)
Alfredo Valente	....	still photographer (uncredited)

Departamento de vestuario
William Bridgehouse	....	wardrobe (uncredited)
Dan Grossbeck	....	costume illustrator (uncredited)
Daisy Jefferson	....	wardrobe (uncredited)

Departamento de Música
Max Steiner	....	musical director
Robert Russell Bennett	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Peter Brunelli	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Hugo Friedhofer	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Jester Hairston	....	choral director (uncredited)
Jester Hairston	....	conductor: choir (uncredited)
Herman Hand	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Howard Jackson	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Hall Johnson	....	music arranger: choral arrangements (uncredited)
Bernhard Kaun	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Charles Maxwell	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
George Parrish	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Max Rabinowitz	....	music consultant (uncredited)
Max Reese	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
William Grant Still	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
John Tettener	....	music consultant (uncredited)

Otros miembros del equipo
Hall Johnson Choir	....	voices
Harry Cohn	....	president: Columbia Pictures Corp. of Calif. Ltd.
Harrison Forman	....	technical advisor
Robert Gitt	....	restoration director (1985 restoration)
Archie Beckingsale	....	bird trainer (uncredited)
Hyatt Daab	....	press representative (uncredited)
Charles J. DeSoria	....	dog trainer (uncredited)
Regis Gubser	....	engineer: ice house (uncredited)
Al 'Doc' Guyer	....	first aid (uncredited)
Eleanor Hall	....	script clerk (uncredited)
Rennie Reniro	....	dog trainer (uncredited)
Buddy Roosevelt	....	double: Ronald Colman (uncredited)
Mary Wiggins	....	double: Jane Wyatt (uncredited)
Harold Winston	....	dialogue director (uncredited)

Gracias
Jeanine Basinger	....	special thanks: 1985 restoration
Frank Capra	....	special thanks (1985 restoration) (as Mr. Frank Capra)
Irwin Danels	....	special thanks (1985 restoration)
Dennis Doph	....	special thanks (1985 restoration)
Joseph G. Empsucha	....	special thanks (1985 restoration)
Stephen Gong	....	special thanks (1985 restoration)
Felipe Herba	....	special thanks (1985 restoration)
Lawrence F. Karr	....	special thanks (1985 restoration)
Audrey E. Kupferberg	....	special thanks (1985 restoration)
David Parker	....	special thanks (1985 restoration)
Irwin Rosenfeld	....	special thanks (1985 restoration)
Robert Rosen	....	special thanks (1985 restoration)
Ralph Sargent	....	special thanks (1985 restoration)
Anne G. Schlosser	....	special thanks (1985 restoration)
Paul C. Spehr	....	special thanks (1985 restoration)
Nick Vasu	....	special thanks: 1985 restoration

Compañías Productores

• Columbia Pictures Corporation (presents) (as Columbia Pictures Corp. of Cal. Ltd.)

Distribuidores

• Columbia Pictures (1937) (USA) (theatrical) (as Columbia Pictures Corp. of Cal. Ltd.)
• Star-Film (1937) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures (1948) (USA) (theatrical) (reissue)
• Columbia Pictures (1949) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Columbus-Film (1950) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Union-Film (1951) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (1994) (USA) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (19??) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (USA) (VHS)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)

Otras Compañías

• British Film Institute (BFI)  acknowledgement: The National Center for Film and Video Preservation greatly acknowledges the cooperation and assistance of (1985 restoration) (as The British Film Institute)
• Columbia Classics  acknowledgement: The National Center for Film and Video Preservation greatly acknowledges the cooperation and assistance of (1985 restoration)
• Film Technology Company  special thanks (1985 restoration) (as Film Technology Inc.)
• Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, The  acknowledgement: The National Center for Film and Video Preservation greatly acknowledges the cooperation and assistance of (1985 restoration)
• Sunset Gower Studios  sound stages (uncredited)
• UCLA Film, Television and Radio Archives  acknowledgement: The National Center for Film and Video Preservation greatly acknowledges the cooperation and assistance of (1985 restoration)
• Wesleyan University  special thanks: Frank Capra Archives (1985 restoration)
• YCA Laboratories  special thanks (1985 restoration)

También conocida como:

Lost Horizon of Shangri-La (USA) (reissue title)
Horizontes perdidos (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

132 min (original version) | Finland:128 min (restored version) | USA:95 min (TV version) | USA:118 min (general release version) | West Germany:97 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Mandarin

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Clasificación:

Argentina:Atp | Finland:K-16 | Germany:6 | Portugal:M/12 | UK:U | USA:Approved (PCA #2061) | Norway:7 (original rating) | Australia:PG

Locaciones de Filmación:

Bronson Caves, Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Compañía:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivialidades:

Originally there was an opening prologue in which a weary Ronald Colman on a cruise ship is prompted to tell his amazing story of the land of Shangri-La. Although alluded to in the closing passages of the film, no footage of this prologue has ever been found. Capra claims he burned it.

Errores:

Continuidad: When Conway is stumbling down the mountain and approaching the native village, his hair and clothing don't match in closeup and distant shots.

Citas:

Chang: You'd be surprised, Mr. Conway, age is a limit we impose upon ourselves.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Brazil (1985)

Banda de Sonido:

Here We Go Gathering Nuts in May

Another Capra gem

This is not another of Frank Capra's sophisticated, stylish comedies of the era. That might explain the reason that "Lost Horizon" takes a back seat today to "It Happened One Night" and "Mr Deeds Goes to Town", the immensely critically acclaimed comedies of the time. With the theme of the small man triumphing over the big, good over evil, perhaps here Capra was trying to explain idealism over humanity. He believed in the book. In his own words, "It held a mirror up to the thoughts of every human being on earth".

Ronald Colman is perfect in his role of Robert, an English diplomat and a leader of the people. Edward Everett Horton was again great in a seemingly bubbling, comic role and Sam Jaffe, later the professor in "The Day the Earth Stood Still" gives a memorable performance as the High Lama, establisher of Shangri-La, the perfect world high above in the Himalayas.

Some of the cinematography was absolutely amazing. It was a shame that the film was cut to the extent that footage was lost and stills had to be used in the missing sound track places. The imagery that Capra stirs up for the viewer has certainly fulfilled his vision. The film is a bit long in some parts, but it certainly does not fail to entertain, it merely takes its time to tell a great story.

Is there another film from the period that sums up the great human ideal, a perfect world, a better one than the one we already exist in? "Lost Horizon" with its ideals is the film for the thinking person. It thrives on its themes for humanity, of kindness and moderation, stripping away the pretense of our lives. The message is as clear as anything, but maybe we all don't want to realise it, or perhaps we can't.

I hope that this movie is never remade for a third time. It is a story that could only be preserved in its own time, for this version has the message that still rings clear today, unspoilt, endearing, so simple. Hollywood will never again be able to recapture what has been already crafted. Capra's neglected movie could scarcely have been more effectively filmed.

Rating: 10/10