Lost Horizon
British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash-land in the Himalayas, where they are rescued by the inhabitants of the hidden, idyllic valley of Shangri-La. Protected by the mountains from the world outside, where the clouds of World War II are gathering, Shangri-La provides a seductive escape for the world-weary Conway.
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Escaping by plane from a war-torn city in China, a British diplomat and a small group of civilians crash land in the mountains of Tibet, where they are rescued by a group of monks who live in a mysterious, Eden-like valley called Shangri-la. It offers them a seductive escape from the outside world, where the clouds of World War II are gathering. Directed by Frank Capra. Based on the novel by James Hilton. Ronald Colman as Robert Conway Jane Wyatt as Sondra Edward Everett Horton as Lovett John Howard as George Conway Thomas Mitchell as Barnard Margo as Maria Isabel Jewell as Gloria H.B. Warner as Chang Sam Jaffe as the High Lama Hugh Buckler Lord Gainsford If you have a request or a comment for me, please go to the Colorized Movies Forum at https://archive.org/details/colorized-movies?tab=forum I colorized this using AI software that doesn't always get the colors right, but I think it looks fairly natural. Hopefully a more professional job will be done someday.
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- Director
- Frank Capra
- Starring
- Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Edward Everett Horton, John Howard, Thomas Mitchell, Margo, Isabel Jewell, H.B. Warner
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