Lost Horizon / Frank Capra

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Another Westerners in the Himalayas flick:

Black Narcissus (1947)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039192/

Laura

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>>From: "grladams at teleport.com" <grladams at teleport.com>
>>Sent: May 22, 2008 11:56 AM
>>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>>Subject: Re: Lost Horizon / Frank Capra
>>
>>In the movie, it's plumbing rather than railroads. The baad capitalist
>>who's among the westerners who travel there, brings knowledge of casting
>>pipelines of plumbing. Another bit in the movie has the people aboard the
>>airplane looking at a map with useless blank spot in the mountain section
>>over Asia where they're being flown, which reminded me of ATD. I did find
>>there to be fleeting moments of pure beauty, in the dialogue and concept. 
>>
>>Dave said
>>On 5/22/08, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 5/21/08, grladams at teleport.com <grladams at teleport.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > This is a movie about finding Shangri-la....
>>>
>>> 1973 BURT BACHARACH MUSICAL ALERT
>>>
>>> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070337/
>>
>>Miscellaneous: The library at Shangri-La is supposed to be a
>>repository for the world's great literature. There is a number of
>>"Readers Digest Condensed Books" on its shelves.
>>
>>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070337/goofs
>>
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