Adaptations To Other Media
Lost Horizon was adapted as a radio play starring Ronald Colman and Donald Crisp for the September 15, 1941 broadcast of Lux Radio Theater. Colman reprised his role again for the November 27, 1946 broadcast of Academy Award Theater and the July 24, 1948 broadcast of Favorite Story.
In 1946, Ronald Colman also made a three-record, 78 RPM album based on the film for American Decca Records. The score for the album was by Victor Young.
Another radio adaptation starring Herbert Marshall was broadcast on December 30, 1948 on Hallmark Playhouse.
A stage musical called Shangri-La was produced on Broadway in 1956, but closed after only 21 performances. It was staged for a 1960 Hallmark Hall of Fame television broadcast.
Lost Horizon, a 1973 musical film remake was a critical and commercial failure.
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