Lost Horizon

Ronald Coleman   d/ Frank Capra

Shangri-la! The very word conjures up a never-never land feeling of contentment, peace, security. It started with a novel by James Hilton and was brought to the big screen in 1937 as a big budget extravaganza.

Coleman is perfect...radiating calm, measured intelligence...a steadying force amid the chaos of his fellow travelers. Jane Wyatt provides the love interest, Sam Jaffe the High Lama. Although parts of the film are hokey by today's standards it holds up remarkably well. The dream...for a peaceful just world hasn't changed. If anything it's become even more desperately longed for.

Great sets, costumes, second unit work. The best of Capra-corn.

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