 The Last of the Mohicans 1936   N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: George B. Seitz
Cast: Randolph Scott, Binnie Barnes, Henry Wilcoxon, Bruce Cabot, Heather Angel, Philip Reed, Robert Barrat, Hugh Buckler, Willard Robertson, Lumsden Hare, William Stack, Frank McGlynn Sr., Will Stanton, William V. Mong, Art Dupuis
This is an excellent, exciting rendition of James Fenimore Cooper's classic novel, with Randolph Scott in perhaps his best work as Hawkeye. During the French and Indian War, Hawkeye escorts the two daughters–Alice and Cora Munro (Binnie Barnes and Heather Angel) of the commander of a fort through hostile territory accompanied by the last two survivors of the Mohican tribe Uncas (Philip Reed) and Chingachgook (Robett Barrat).
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 Lost Horizon 1937  N/R, 138 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Adventure / Drama / Mystery
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Edward Everett Horton, Sam Jaffe, John Howard, Thomas Mitchell, Margo, Isabel Jewell, H.B. Warner, George Chan, David Torrence, Carl Stockdale, Hugh Buckler, Wyrley Birch, Darby Clark
British diplomat Robert Conway (Ronald Colman) and his brother George (John Howard) help British citizens–Henry Bernard (Thomas Mitchell), Gloria (Isabel Jewell), and "Lovey" Lovett (Edward Everett Horton)–evacuate from China during a revolution. Their plane crashes in Tibet, and a rescue team, led by Chang (H.B. Warner), leads them to Shangri-La where they discover a tranquility that they have never before experienced. This wonderful city is ruled by an aging 200 year-old High Lama (Sam Jaffe) who is impressed with Robert and wants him to succeed him after his death. Now, Robert is torn between leaving for England or remaining in Shangri-La with his new-found love Sondra (Jane Wyatt). A winner of two Academy Awards (Best Art Direction and Film Editing), it also received five nominations, including Best Picture and Supporting Actor (Warner).
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| 1. The Jungle Princess (1936)
2. The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
3. Lost Horizon (1937)
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