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...James Hilton's 1933 novel Lost Horizon, Shangri-La was a valley of delicate beauty and perfect serenity set against a backdrop of soaring Tibetan mountains. To Movie Producer Ross Hunter, Shangri-La is Burbank, Calif. The mountain range is only 600 ft. long (not bad by studio standards) and made of plaster; in Hollywood, serenity is a realm that lies only beyond the fourth martini or the third joint. Otherwise, Hunter's Shangri-La-the set for a new musical version of Hilton's novel-has it all over the novel, as well as Frank Capra...
...game, but now it's a battle of also-rans. Today's American Bandstand has been sold out for weeks, but there's still lots of room at Franklin Field. Let us just say that Harvard had better win, or else, as is the case with the Shangri-Las, John Yovicsin can never go home anymore. Crimson...
...extend the differences between the two sections to the people is strong. One immediately thinks to himself: Small town America, pastoral and puritan. Such a conclusion, however, would ultimately be misleading. All the trappings-and attitudes-of modern civilization can be found in Great Barrington. It is no Shangri...
...There are now more than two dozen "garden cities" in Britain, housing 1,250,000 people. The French plan to build six new towns near Paris before the 21st century. The Netherlands, Sweden and Russia have already built a number of new towns. Tapiola, Finland, an urban Shangri-la six miles from Helsinki, is the new town that comes closest to meeting the ideal. Tapiola's main shopping center is a magnificent paved plaza. Nearby are a movie house, theater, hotel and swimming pool. Since no house is more than 250 yards from a shopping and amusement center, residents...
...plans for Mineral King [Feb. 7]. You would ignore the thousands who pilgrimage annually up the winding forest road to find deep enjoyment and escape from urban pressures in simple camping, hiking and horseback riding away from the asphalt wastelands of Southern California. You would "improve" this Shangri-la by callously jamming 81/2 miles of superhighway through a wild section of Sequoia National Park, set aside for posterity in 1890, Then you would transform the tiny mountain valley into a parking lot and Disneyland extravaganza for crowd-loving socialites. This is a great cure for Mineral King's special...