The many forms of James Hilton's Lost Horizon 1933
Lost Horizon: Posters and pictures | Publications | Formats & Versions | Tibet James Hilton's novel Lost Horizon was originally published in 1933. Since then it has remained in print and appeared in numerous editions around the world, and in numerous forms, including two popular film adaptations, plays and audio recordings. The word Shangri-La, coined by Hilton, is now part of everyday English. Though primarily available in complete and unabridged form, the novel can also be found in, for example, abridged and comic book adaptations. A list of the various published editions is presented in a separate blog posting here . During 1937 the Frank Capra-directed Hollywood movie Lost Horizon was released, to much acclaim. Starring Ronald Coleman and Jane Wyatt, it remains a classic of the era, though the original, pristine black and white 35mm presentation has degraded over time and parts of the film as originally released are now lost. A new version of Lost Horizo