Lost Horizon (1937) - Part 10/13 by American Film Institute

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?Starring Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Edward Everett Horton, John Howard, Thomas Mitchell, H.B. Warner and Sam Jaffe. Directed by Frank Capra. Based on the novel by James Hilton."When Frank Capra's "Lost Horizon" was first shown in March, 1937, it had a running time of 132 minutes. Over the years, nearly 25 minutes of the film were removed, and various shortened versions were reissued. By 1967, the original nitrate camera negative had deteriorated, and no copies of the full length film were known to survive. The restoration of "Lost Horizon" began in 1973 when The American Film Institute conducted an exhaustive survey of archives around the world to identify all surviving versions of the film. As a result of AFI's efforts, a complete 132 minute soundtrack was located, and all but seven minutes of the picture. The technical quality of the newly found material ranged from excellent to poor.For the currect restoration, Sony Pictures Entertainment and UCLA FILM and Television Archive have utlized contemporary laboratory and digital technologies to obtain the best possible quality. Beacuse the picture is still seven minutes shorter than the soundtrack, the missing scenes have been filled in with freeze frame images from the film and with selection of surviving production still photographs."

Author: nowplayingclassics
Keywords: lost horizon 1937 ronald coleman jane wyatt edward everett horton john howard thomas mitchell h. b. warner sam jaffe frank capra james hilton
Added: October 28, 2008

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?Starring Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Edward Everett Horton, John Howard, Thomas Mitchell, H.B. Warner and Sam Jaffe. Directed by Frank Capra. Based on the novel by James Hilton."When Frank Capra's "Lost Horizon" was first shown in March, 1937, it had a running time of 132 minutes. Over the years, nearly 25 minutes of the film were removed, and various shortened versions were reissued. By 1967, the original nitrate camera negative had deteriorated, and no copies of the full length film were known to survive. The restoration of "Lost Horizon" began in 1973 when The American Film Institute conducted an exhaustive survey of archives around the world to identify all surviving versions of the film. As a result of AFI's efforts, a complete 132 minute soundtrack was located, and all but seven minutes of the picture. The technical quality of the newly found material ranged from excellent to poor.For the currect restoration, Sony Pictures Entertainment and UCLA FILM and Television Archive have utlized contemporary laboratory and digital technologies to obtain the best possible quality. Beacuse the picture is still seven minutes shorter than the soundtrack, the missing scenes have been filled in with freeze frame images from the film and with selection of surviving production still photographs."

Author: nowplayingclassics
Keywords: lost horizon 1937 ronald coleman jane wyatt edward everett horton john howard thomas mitchell h. b. warner sam jaffe frank capra james hilton
Added: October 27, 2008

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?Starring Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Edward Everett Horton, John Howard, Thomas Mitchell, H.B. Warner and Sam Jaffe. Directed by Frank Capra. Based on the novel by James Hilton."When Frank Capra's "Lost Horizon" was first shown in March, 1937, it had a running time of 132 minutes. Over the years, nearly 25 minutes of the film were removed, and various shortened versions were reissued. By 1967, the original nitrate camera negative had deteriorated, and no copies of the full length film were known to survive. The restoration of "Lost Horizon" began in 1973 when The American Film Institute conducted an exhaustive survey of archives around the world to identify all surviving versions of the film. As a result of AFI's efforts, a complete 132 minute soundtrack was located, and all but seven minutes of the picture. The technical quality of the newly found material ranged from excellent to poor.For the currect restoration, Sony Pictures Entertainment and UCLA FILM and Television Archive have utlized contemporary laboratory and digital technologies to obtain the best possible quality. Beacuse the picture is still seven minutes shorter than the soundtrack, the missing scenes have been filled in with freeze frame images from the film and with selection of surviving production still photographs."

Author: nowplayingclassics
Keywords: lost horizon 1937 ronald coleman jane wyatt edward everett horton john howard thomas mitchell h. b. warner sam jaffe frank capra james hilton
Added: October 27, 2008

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?Starring Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Edward Everett Horton, John Howard, Thomas Mitchell, H.B. Warner and Sam Jaffe. Directed by Frank Capra. Based on the novel by James Hilton."When Frank Capra's "Lost Horizon" was first shown in March, 1937, it had a running time of 132 minutes. Over the years, nearly 25 minutes of the film were removed, and various shortened versions were reissued. By 1967, the original nitrate camera negative had deteriorated, and no copies of the full length film were known to survive. The restoration of "Lost Horizon" began in 1973 when The American Film Institute conducted an exhaustive survey of archives around the world to identify all surviving versions of the film. As a result of AFI's efforts, a complete 132 minute soundtrack was located, and all but seven minutes of the picture. The technical quality of the newly found material ranged from excellent to poor.For the currect restoration, Sony Pictures Entertainment and UCLA FILM and Television Archive have utlized contemporary laboratory and digital technologies to obtain the best possible quality. Beacuse the picture is still seven minutes shorter than the soundtrack, the missing scenes have been filled in with freeze frame images from the film and with selection of surviving production still photographs."

Author: nowplayingclassics
Keywords: lost horizon 1937 ronald coleman jane wyatt edward everett horton john howard thomas mitchell h. b. warner sam jaffe frank capra james hilton
Added: October 27, 2008