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. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a statement, and every claim on this page says which it is.
Places per Wikipedia's article
The article names 11 places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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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
Places whose own article says it was shot there
1 place whose own Wikipedia article names this film as something shot there, where Wikidata records nothing and this film’s own article does not say so either. The weakest evidence on this atlas: no pin on the map, and nothing in the downloads. Each sentence is quoted whole and linked to the article it came from, so it can be judged rather than taken on trust.
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Lake Sherwood 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
Wikidata also records this film as shot in California, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable (a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote), so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Filming locations that are mapped there: United States
Also shot in these places
- Scrubs 2001–2010
- Gilmore Girls 2000–2007
- Obsession 2025
- The Kid Brother 1927
- Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life 2016–
- The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder 2022–
- Twin Peaks 1990–1991
- North by Northwest 1959
- Star Trek: The Next Generation 1987–1994
- The Walking Dead 1936
- Complicated 2002
- Chinatown 1974
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Lost Horizon have?
No place recorded on Wikidata, but 11 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Scrubs (2001–2010), Gilmore Girls (2000–2007), Obsession (2025), The Kid Brother (1927) and 8 more, each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.