Frank Capra LOST HORIZON Original screenplay for the 1937 film 1935 #167797

  

Lost Horizon (Original screenplay for the 1937 film). Author: Frank Capra (director); James Hilton (novel); Jane Wyatt, Ronald Colman, Sam Jaffe, Thomas Mitchell, John Howard (starring); Robert Riskin (screenwriter) Title: Lost Horizon (Original screenplay for the 1937 film) Publication: N.

Description: First Draft script for the 1937 film. Copy belonging to uncredited assistant art director Lionel Banks, with his ownership stamp on the front wrapper verso.

Single annotation in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper, noting the surname of Art Director Steve Goosson, who won the Academy Award for his work on the film. Lionel Banks worked on over 200 films in the course of his career in film, which spanned nearly two decades. He was nominated for an Oscar seven times, and is today best remembered for his work on the Howard Hawks films "Only Angels Have Wings" (1939) and "His Girl Friday" (1940), and for George Cukor's "Holiday" (1938). Based on the 1933 novel by James Hilton.

The survivors of a plane crash are rescued and taken to a monastery in the mystical valley of Shangri-La in the Himalayas, and wrestle with the decision to stay or return to Europe, where the Second World War is looming. Nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning two. Shot on location throughout California, and in the Mojave Desert, Arizona. Brown titled wrappers, dated May 22, 1935, and noted as First Draft on the front wrapper, with credit for screenwriter Robert Riskin.

Title page present, dated May 22, 1935, and noted as First Draft, with credit for Riskin. 215 leaves, with last page of text numbered 214. Mimeograph duplication on onionskin stock, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with three gold brads.

Subject: 1930s Cinema, Adventure, Fantasy, Film Scripts, Films with Literary Sources, National Film Registry. Royal Books is located in the midtown area of Baltimore, Maryland. Since 1996, we have specialized in rare books and paper relating to twentieth century literature, genre fiction, the arts, and popular culture, with a particular emphasis on cinema. All books noted as First Editions are also First Printings unless indicated otherwise. Should go directly to them.

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