Where was Lost Horizon filmed?
1937 film by Frank Capra, Andrew Marton
Lost Horizon (1937) was filmed in Burbank, Palm Springs, Sierra Nevada, Mojave Desert, Los Angeles International Airport, Victorville and 5 more places, 11 places named in its Wikipedia article, in the United States. Wikidata itself records the shoot only as California. Each place says where its claim comes from.
Places per Wikipedia's article
The Wikipedia article names 11 places. Each links to the sentence that says so.
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Towns & cities
Burbank
United States
City in Los Angeles County, State of California, United States
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Landscapes & nature
Griffith Park
United States
Municipal park in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States
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Landscapes & nature
Mojave Desert
United States
Desert in southwestern United States
“Many exteriors were filmed on location in Palm Springs, Lucerne Valley, the Ojai Valley, the Mojave Desert, the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and in what is now Westlake Village, adding the cost of transporting cast, crew, and equipment to the swelling budget.” Wikipedia
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Landmarks & buildings
Los Angeles International Airport
United States
Airport serving the Greater Los Angeles Area
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Towns & cities Palm Springs
United States
Resort city in Riverside County, California, United States
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Towns & cities
Lucerne Valley
United States
Census-designated place in San Bernardino County, California, United States
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Towns & cities
Victorville
United States
City in the Victor Valley in San Bernardino County, California, United States
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Towns & cities
Ojai
United States
City in Ventura County, California, United States
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Landscapes & nature
Sierra Nevada
United States
Mountain range in California and Nevada in the United States
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Towns & cities
Westlake Village
United States
City in Los Angeles County, California, United States
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Towns & cities
Idyllwild-Pine Cove
United States
Census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States
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Places whose own article says it was shot there
1 place says on its own Wikipedia page that this film was shot there. Not on the map: the quote is linked so you can check it.
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Towns & cities
Lake Sherwood
United States
Census-designated place in Ventura County, California, United States
“A full scale Tibetan village was built for Lost Horizon, an Italian village for Blake Edwards's What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966) and an alien village for Jonathan Frakes's Star Trek: Insurrection (1998).” Wikipedia
Recorded only at country level
Also filmed in California, but the exact places are not known, so they are not on the map.
Filming locations that are mapped there: United States
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