September 1, 1937 –
After it’s disasterous initial release in March of 1937, Columbia Pictures cut over 25 minutes of Frank Capra’s adventure film Lost Horizon, starring Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Edward Everett Horton, John Howard, Thomas Mitchell, Margo, Isabel Jewell, and Sam Jaffe was re-released on this date.
UCLA tried to reconstruct the film, using the complete 123-minute soundtrack. Most of the missing film was badly degraded and useless, so the restorers used stills to fill in the missing minutes. Later, one minute of the missing footage was found and restored, resulting in some 24 minutes of stills supported by the soundtrack. The one minute of restored footage depicts Conway’s meeting with the High Lama.
September 1, 1938 –
Frank Capra bounced back from the disastrous reviews of Lost Horizon, released the previous year, with You Can’t Take It with You, which opened in NYC on this date.
Shortly before filming began, Lionel Barrymore lost the use of his legs to crippling arthritis and a hip injury. To accommodate him, the script was altered so that his character had a sprained ankle, and Barrymore did the film on crutches. Barrymore would receive injections every hour to help relieve the pain of his arthritis.
The Haus of Dcaligari 