the novel (lost horizon, by james hilton), is good too, but not as good as the movie (hollywood was actually producing movies that were, in fact, better than excellent novels at that time)\the movie, what remains of it, is a fascinating study of the technique of the old hollywood thirties motion pictures\the direction (frank capra!!!), the acting, the dialogue, were all amazing\film historians worked on the most recent dvd available, & i originally saw this version years ago in new york city, at the museum of modern art\it includes an alternate ending, which is amazing, & memorable scenes include - ronald colman & jane wyatt (their names finally came to me, this is very old stuff - 1937) - a buddhist monk instructing a young woman not to kill herself, running out of air because the airplane is so high & in 1937 not pressurized, the head monk (sam jaffe, if i recall the name correctly), making a long speech about how the world is going crazy (it was almost at the outbreak of world war two), & much more, but so much ended up on the cutting room floor & was forever lost\the alternate ending includes janes wyatts performance, which was cut from the film early on, & hasnt been seen in about a generation\make time for this one, its worth it\
life is a jest, & all things show it\i thought so once, but now i know it\john gay\my own epitaph\1720\(nyuk, nyuk, nyuk)\