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Old Radio Shows Bring Forward The Lost Horizon

Have you ever heard the term Shangri-La used to define paradise? It’s been used in hit songs, movies, and books. It is in fact quite frequently used in everyday life.

Any ideas where this concept originated?

Lost Horizon began as a novel by a James Hilton. It is set in 1930s China. The story tells of a plane crash in the Himalayan mountain range, wherein survivors of the event discover a complex, very different but paradise of a place known as Shangri-La.

The film version was a masterpiece directed by Frank Capra and as was often the case in the time of the old time radio shows, it quickly became a radio classic as well.

The story goes on to reveal that Shangri-La was completely at peace, with the residents living there like immortals. It would seem that the survivors discovering the place was more than simply a happy accident. Being over a century old, the high lama that oversaw the city needed to find someone to take his place, and it would turn out that Hugh Conway, a British diplomat, was the person that took the reigns. But, the vice-consul to Conway, Mallinson, wanted more than anything to simply leave and take Lo-Tsen the beauty with him. Conway too wanted to leave and take Lo-Tsen’s hand, with Mallinson he shared a love for, and had the dilemma of deciding to go or staying in paradise.

It was a case of ‘should I stay or should I go’ for every one of the four main survivor characters. The story of Lost Horizon is one that seems timeless and has been appreciated by all kinds of audiences.

Many old time radio shows were in fact developed based on the biggest films of the Golden Age of Radio, whereby the cast members of the silver screen version even returned to play their respective characters in the radio production. A range of radio production companies have been involved in the making of Lost Horizon, like NBC University Theater and the Hallmark Playhouse.

In addition to going to radio, Lost Horizon was also made into a musical in 1973. However, this version was less well-received, resulting in a flop and failure to maintain the same kind of hold over audiences of the other, more popular earlier versions of the show.

The classic old time radio shows of the era were successful thanks to their being well adapted for the ears of the radio audience.

In 1948 when Hallmark Theater produced their version of Lost Horizon the author James Hilton can be heard giving a message for the New Year. James Hilton can also be heard in a recorded commentary in the intermission of the NBC University Theater version which was broadcast on the 10th September 1950 four years before Hilton died from liver cancer in 1954.

When you give your ears the opportunity to listen to this old time radio shows classic, you can be sure that Lost Horizon will live up to the fact even today.

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