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Conway

Conway, we can't take more than seven

All right I'm sorry Another plane in a minute

All right Go on

Wait, wait, everybody Wait

There are plenty of planes coming

Now, everybody have patience, it's going to be all right

- It won't be long - You have nothing to worry about

Leave everything to my brother

- Yes, sir, seven passengers aboard - Seven passengers Good

- Say, get me Shanghai - I'm talking to them now, sir

- Hello, hello - Hello, hello

- Conway speaking Is Colonel Marsh there? - Right here, Conway Go ahead

Colonel, I need more planes I've still about 30 people to get out

- Where are those planes you promised us? - We sent everything we could find, Conway

Well, they better get here soon, or i can't be responsible

Bob, I think i hear motors

Colonel, wait a minute, they may be here now

Hey, George, get down on the field and guide those planes in when they get here

- But be sure none of the natives get in - Yes

- Hello, Colonel? - Hello, Conway Yes

- Thanks, and take care of that liver of yours - My word

All right Get ready, everybody Planes are here One at a time Children first

Where are they? Come stand over here Where's the mother?

- They're orphans, Mr Conway - I see All right You come here

You come here and you and you

- What about us, Mr Conway? - Yeah, what about us?

Please, wait your turn Come on, you

You better take some of those squealing men with you first

They might faint on you I'll wait

Just as you say You, madam

Come through here Wait on one side

- Don't lose your heads - What was that explosion?

The powerhouse They've blown it up The planes can't land without lights

Come on We'll burn the hangar That will make light for them

There'll be a big fire

All right Go ahead

We go with the next plane Bring out any people that are left

Right, Bob

- Hello, Fenner - Hello, Conway Having a little trouble?

Never mind me You get this gadget off the ground

- Bob, these are all that are left - Come on Quick This way

You can't leave me here, you blighter I'm a British subject

Look out, Bob

All right, Fenner Go ahead

Get down on the floor, everybody

Go ahead, Fenner

Fenner, let's go

I guess we're out of range

- Everybody all right? - That was close

I don't know I've never been in a situation like this in my life

- Where do you come from? - I'm Alexander P Lovett, sir

Why aren't you registered through our office?

It'd serve you right if you had been left behind

How could i know that a war was going to break out right over my head?

Right over my head My word

I tell you, those Chinese were pouncing on me from every direction

I had to get into these ridiculous clothes in order to escape

- Where were you hiding? - Hiding? No, no

Hunting I was in the interior hunting fossils

This morning, I looked up suddenly

I know And a war broke out right over your head

The next time you're in wild country like this, keep in touch with the British consul

Very good, Freshie Very good

You better put his name on the list and make out a report later

I beg your pardon, brother

What did you say you were hunting?

- Fossils - Fossils?

- I'm a paleontologist - A what?

A paleontologist

I see

I have here a discovery that will startle the world

It's the vertebra from the lumbar of a Megatherium, found in Asia

- Well, what do you know about that? - Found in Asia

When i get home, I shall probably be knighted for it

Knighted You don't say

- Do you mind if i take a look at it? - Not at all

Sorry

This is the only thing i was able to save when those heathens surrounded me

You see, from this vertebra, I shall be able to reconstruct

- Wait a minute -the entire skeleton

You expect to be knighted for finding that soup bone?

This is the vertebra of a Megatherium found in Asia

Yeah, I remember You said that before

Sir Henry Derwent was knighted and he never got beyond the Mesozoic Era

- Poor fellow - Yes, it just shows

I don't know why i'm talking to you I don't know you Who are you?

- Okay, brother - Don't call me "brother"

Okay, sister

No offense No offense

Cigarette?

I say, will you have a cigarette?

No

Say, you're an American, aren't you?

Say, listen, will you go and annoy the rest of your playmates? Let me alone

Look what i found Just what i needed, too

You

Just this once, Bob I feel like celebrating

Think of it, Bob A cruiser sent to Shanghai just to take you back to England

Do you know what it means? Here you are

Thanks

Don't bother with those cables now I want you to drink with me

Gentlemen, I give you Robert Conway, England's new foreign secretary

Hooray

How i'm going to bask in reflected glory People are going to point to me and say,

"There goes George Conway, brother of the foreign secretary"

- Don't talk nonsense Give me the bottle - That's why they're sending for you, Bob

With all these foreign entanglements, it was bound to happen They need you

All right, you can laugh if you want to But whom else can they get?

Who else is there in all of England half the fighter, half the diplomat,

who has half your knowledge of the foreign situation?

They can't stop you now, Bob

Hello, Freshie

- Did you make that report out yet? - Yes, Bob

- Did you say we saved 90 white people? - Yes

Good

Hooray for us

Did you say that we left 10,000 natives down there to be annihilated?

No

No, you wouldn't say that They don't count

You'd better try to get some sleep, Bob

Just you wait until i'm foreign secretary

Can't you just see me, Freshie, with all those other shrewd little foreign secretaries?

You see, the trick is to see who can out-talk the other

Everybody wants something for nothing

If you can't get it with smooth talk, you send your army in

But i'm going to fool them, Freshie I'm not going to have an army

I am going to disband mine I'm going to sink my battleships

I'm going to destroy every piece of warcraft

Then when the enemy approaches, we'll say,

"Come in, gentlemen What can we do for you?"

So then the poor enemy soldiers will stop and think

And what will they think, Freshie?

They'll say to themselves, "Something's wrong here, we've been duped

"This is not according to form

"These people seem quite friendly Why should we shoot them?"

Then they'll lay down their arms

You see how simple the whole thing is?

Centuries of tradition kicked right in the pants

And i'll be slapped straight into the nearest insane asylum

You'd better not drink anymore, Bob You're not talking sense

Don't worry, George, nothing's going to happen

I'll fall right into line

I'll be the good little boy that everybody wants me to be

I'll be the best little foreign secretary we've ever had

Just because i haven't the nerve to be anything else

- Do try to sleep, Bob - Sleep, yes Good thing, sleep

Ever notice the sunrise in China, George?

You should It's beautiful

Good morning, Lovey

- I beg your pardon? - I say, "Good morning, Lovey"

Good morning Look here, young fellow

I didn't care for "sister" last night, and i don't like "Lovey" this morning

- My name is Lovett, Alexander P - I see

Yes

- Well, it's a good morning, anyway - I'm never conversational before coffee

Wait a minute Wait a minute Is it a good morning?

Say, we're supposed to be traveling east, aren't we?

- Why, of course Yes - It looks to me as if we're traveling west

- That's ridiculous - Is it?

It certainly is

- Well, now look here - Any child knows how to tell direction

I don't care where the child is, in the air, on the earth, or in the sea

If you face the rising sun,

your right hand is the north, your left hand is the south

I always get it twisted because i'm left-handed

- Really? - Yes

I see Well, just reverse it Your left hand is

What difference does it make what-handed you are? The north is the north

All i know is the sun rises in the east, and we're going away from it

Now you're irritating and absurd

My word, of course Boy We're traveling in the wrong direction

Wake up

We're going in the wrong direction

Couldn't you arrange to make a little less noise?

I tell you, we're going west, and Shanghai is way east of here

Quiet Fenner's the best pilot in China He knows what he's doing

- It's Fenner - But he might have lost his way

That's what i told him last night You can't expect a man to sail around in the dark

All right, all right Calm yourself I'll speak to Fenner

Fenner i say

Bob Bob, wake up Something's happened

- It isn't Fenner in the cockpit - Stop it

The bloke up there looks like a Chinese or a Mongolian or something

We're nowhere near Shanghai We're going in the opposite direction

We're over the desert That's funny

Charming chap

Nice puss to meet in a dark alley

- Well, that's that, I guess - I wonder what happened to Fenner

Guess? Who is he? How'd he get there?

Do you suppose we stopped some place during the night and changed pilots?

No, that's not possible If we'd landed, we'd all have been awakened

Of course We never left the air I know, I didn't sleep the whole night long

- No That fellow got on at Baskul - What's he doing? Where's he taking us?

He may be a maniac for all we know

George, what are you going to do?

I'll drag him out and force him to tell us what his game is

What if he refuses?

- We'll smash his face in That's what we'll do - Brilliant

Can anyone here fly a plane? No, George, that's no good

- I guess we're in for it - In for what?

I don't know

He must have had some purpose in taking the plane away from Fenner

When he lands, we'll find out

You mean to tell me you're not going to do anything until we land?

- What do you suggest? - Why, you

- He may dash us to pieces - It might afford you a great deal of relief

Now, gentlemen, I am going back to sleep I was having such a peaceful dream

As soon as he lands, let me know

We're heading down We're going to land Bob, we're landing

Bob, we're coming to a village

- What are these people? - I don't know I can't get their dialect

Look, they're loading up with gasoline

Imagine having that fuel there, waiting for us

George, something tells me our journey is just beginning

Where are we going?

If you ask me, we're heading straight for those mountains

Douglas plane from Baskul with Conway and four others aboard still missing

Unreported between here and Baskul

Make it very emphatic that His Majesty's government

will hold the Chinese government and all governors of Chinese provinces

responsible for the complete safety of Robert Conway

- Good morning, gentlemen - Good morning

- No news yet, sir? - It's fantastic

The plane couldn't disappear into thin air And cable Lord Gainsford at Shanghai

"Leave no stone unturned to find Conway"

- Robertson? - Yes, sir

Better get a postponement of the Far East conference

We can't afford to meet those nations without Conway

This can't be kidnapping

He wouldn't be taking us so far on such a dangerous trip No sense to it

What do you make of it, Bob? You must have some idea

I give it up

This not knowing where you're going is exciting anyway

Well, Mr Conway, for a man who's supposed to be a leader,

your do-nothing attitude is very disappointing

- What do you want him to do? - I don't know

I'm a paleontologist, not a foreign secretary

- George, come on - It's not knowing that's so awful, Bob

Not knowing where you're going or why, or what's waiting when you get there

Well, we got above that storm

I can't stand it any longer Take us down

I can't stand the pain any longer

Let me out of here Let me out of this thing

I can't stand it any longer Let me out of here

Let me out

It's oxygen

- Take this in your teeth - Let me alone

Come on That's right Bite on that

What's that?

- What's happening? - He must have run out of fuel

Look Look down there

George Everybody Better get back towards the tail

He may nose her over Into the corner Quick

Quick, George Cushions Blankets Take that behind you

- Everybody all right? - Yeah

- What is it? Has he fainted? - Looks like it You smell those fumes?

Here, George, take the gun

Hold the light I'm going to search him before he comes to

We might find something interesting

That's the map

- He's dead - Dead?

Yes It must have happened the moment he hit the ground

Let's take a look at this map

What is it?

- See that spot? - Yes

That's where we were this morning He had it marked

Right on the border of Tibet

Here's where civilization ends We must be 1,000 miles beyond it

Just a blank on the map

- What does it mean? - It means we're in unexplored country

Country nobody ever reached

Hey, Conway What's happening?

George, our chances of getting out of this are pretty slim, but it's up to us

We can't have three hysterical people on our hands

- Well, what did he say? - Everything's all right

The pilot won't trouble us anymore He's dead

- Dead? - Probably a heart attack

What are we going to do?

There's nothing we can do until the morning

The storm will probably die down before then

My suggestion is that we better all try and get a good night's rest

Why don't you tell them the truth?

Why don't you tell them we're a million miles from civilization

without a chance of getting out of here alive?

It's slow starvation, that's what it is A slow horrible death

Well, that's perfect Just perfect

What a kick i'm going to get out of this

A year ago, a doctor gave me six months to live That was a year ago

I'm already six months to the good I'm on velvet I haven't got a thing to lose

But you, the noble animals of the human race,

what a kick i'm going to get out of watching you squirm for a change

What a kick

They've been gone for hours

Left us here to rot That's what they've done

- Heroes of the newspapers - All right, all right Keep quiet

Here they come

Hello, everybody We found some food No chance of our starving now

- What is that? - Mountain grass It's good, too Have some

I've read of people lasting 30 days on this stuff

Listen, my brother and i have worked out a plan

If we use our heads, we should be able to keep alive for weeks until he gets back

- Gets back? - Where's he gone?

He doesn't know But he's starting out right away in the direction of India

Sooner or later, he's bound to run into someone A tribe or something

Yeah?

Now, here's the idea We found a cave over by that small hill

As soon as we bury the pilot, we're moving in We can have a fire there

I shouldn't be surprised to see Bob back within a week

You haven't got a Chinaman's chance of getting out of this country alive,

and you know it

- Cave? Where? - Over by that hill

Hey, look Look, Bob

- Where are they? Do you see them? - Yes

Do you think they're cannibals?

I am from the nearby lamasery My name is Chang

- He's speaking English - English?

- And mine's Conway - How do you do?

You've no idea, sir, how unexpected and very welcome you are

My friends and i, and the lady in the plane,

left Baskul the night before last for Shanghai

But we suddenly found ourselves traveling in the opposite direction

At the mercy of a mad pilot

- We'd be eternally grateful if you - Where is your "mad" pilot?

He must have had a heart attack, or perhaps the fumes

When the plane landed, he was dead

We were just going to bury him when you came along

Pardon me

So, if you will be good enough to direct us to your lamasery

I should consider it an honor to accompany you and your friends

You will need suitable clothes for the journey

- It is not particularly far, but quite difficult - Thank you

Welcome to Shangri-La

You see we are sheltered by mountains on every side

A strange phenomenon for which we are very grateful

It's magical

Mr Barnard, I do not like this place I definitely do not like this place

Will you quit squawking?

Look at me Look what they gave me to wear

You never looked better in your life

As soon as our clothes are cleaned, they're going to give them back to us, Lovey

Something tells me this means food Come on

Well, I

I just feel as though i'm being made ready for the executioner

Yeah? If this be execution, lead me to it

That's what they do with cattle just before the slaughter Fatten them

- You're a scream, Lovey - Please, don't call me "Lovey"

Well, that was refreshing

The food looks good Some layout they got here

Did you get a load of the rooms? You couldn't do better at the Ritz

All the conveniences for the condemned, if you ask me

Don't mind Lovey He's got the misery

Mr Conway, I don't like this place It's too mysterious

It's better than freezing to death down below, isn't it?

I'll say

Is there something i can do for you?

- What do you want? - I've ordered you some warm broth

- I thought perhaps - You get out of here

If any of you men think you can come busting in here

Please

Please calm yourself You'll soon be well if you do

I don't need any advice from you Get me a doctor

- I'm sorry, we have no doctors here - No doctors

Well, that's fine That's just fine

Please let me help you

Sure you can help me You can help me jump over that cliff

I've been looking and looking at the bottom of that mountain

but i haven't got the nerve to jump

You shouldn't be looking at the bottom of the mountain

Why don't you try looking up at the top sometime?

Don't preach that cheap, second-hand stuff to me

Go on, beat it

Beat it

Peace be with you, my child

Evening Good evening, my friends

Oh no, no, no, please sit down

- I hope you find everything satisfactory - Swell

Excellent

- You shouldn't have waited for me - Where's the girl? Miss Stone

She's remaining in her room She isn't feeling very well

Please go on without me I eat very little

Well

There's certainly nothing wrong with that meal

Thank you

- And the wine is excellent - I'm glad you like it

It's made right here in the valley

Now that dinner is over, if you'll excuse us,

we're very anxious to discuss ways and means of getting back home

The first thing we want to do is cable the Foreign Office

All of England is waiting to hear about my brother

There's a cruiser at Shanghai ready to take him back

Really?

As regards cabling, I'm afraid i can't help

Unfortunately, we have no wireless here

As a matter of fact, we have no means of communication with the outside world

- Not even a radio? - It has always been source of deep regret

But the mountains surrounding us have made reception almost impossible

Well, then we'd better make arrangements to get some porters immediately

Some means to get us back to civilization

Are you so certain you are away from it?

As far away as i ever want to be

CHANG: Oh, dear

Of course, the porters will be very well paid That is, within reason

I'm afraid that wouldn't help You see, we have no porters here

- No porters here? - No

What about those men we met this morning?

- Yes - Those are our own people

They never venture beyond the point where you were met this morning

It is much too hazardous

How do you account for all this? Who brought it in?

Oh, yes

Yes, there is a tribe of porters some 500 miles from here

That is our only contact with the outside world

Every now and again, depending upon favorable weather, of course,

they make the journey

How can we get in touch with them?

Well, in that respect you are exceedingly fortunate

We are expecting a shipment from them almost any time now

Just what do you mean by "almost any time now"?

Well, we've been expecting this particular shipment for the past two years

- Two years? - Yes

Well

But i assure you, gentlemen, if there is a prolonged delay,

Shangri-La will endeavor to make your stay as pleasant as possible

And now, if you will excuse me, it is getting late

I do hope you all sleep well

Good night

Good night

Good night, Mr Conway

Good night, sir

That's what i mean, mysterious

Mr Conway, I don't like that man He's too vague

We didn't get much information out of him, did we, Bob?

Well, it seems we should be grateful We were in a bad mess this morning

After all, this is quite pleasant

Why not make ourselves comfortable until the porters do arrive?

That's what i say

What do you say to a rubber of bridge?

- I saw some cards in the other room - Not for me, thanks I'm too weary

How about you, Lovey? Come on

Let's you and i play a game of honeymoon bridge

- I'm thinking - Thinking?

What about some double solitaire?

As a matter of fact, I'm very good at double solitaire

- No kidding? - Yes

Then i'm your man Come on, toots

- Hello, George Cigarette? - Thanks

I suppose all this comes under the heading of adventure

We've had plenty of it in the last few days

It's far from over from what i can see

This place gives me the creeps

Hidden away like this, no contact with civilization

You don't seem concerned at all

I'm feeling far too peaceful to be concerned about anything

I think i'm going to like it here

You talk as though you intend on staying

Something happened to me when we arrived here, George, that

Did you ever go to a totally strange place

and feel certain you've been there before?

- What are you talking about? - I don't know

You're a strange bird

No wonder Gainsford calls you

"The man who always wanted to see what was on the other side of the hill"

Do you ever want to see what's on the other side of the hill?

What else could there be, except just another hill?

In any event, I'm not curious

Bob, at the moment, it seems to me we should be concerned about getting home

- I'd give anything to be in London right now - Of course you would

If ever we get out of this place,

the thing for you to do is to take that job with Helen's father

What do you mean, "if we should get out"?

- Did i say "if"? - That's what you said

Well, I mean

What's on your mind, Bob?

You talk as though we're going to have trouble getting out of here

George, I've been putting things together

Do you notice the resemblance between those natives and the pilot?

Why did those clothes materialize so conveniently when they met us at the plane?

Chang himself just said that they never venture beyond that point

What brought them there, unless it was to meet us?

Chang's first question was about the pilot

There must be some connection between the plane and this place

They must have deliberately brought us here

Why, Bob? What reason could they have for doing a thing like that?

That's what's on the other side of the hill

There's 3,000 feet practically straight down to the floor of the valley

The Valley of the Blue Moon, as we call it

There are over 2,000 people in the valley besides those here in Shangri-La

Who and what is Shangri-La? You?

Goodness, no

- So there are others? - Yes

Who, for instance?

In time, you will meet them all

For a man who talks a great deal, it's amazing how unenlightening you can be

There are some things, my dear Conway, I deeply regret i may not discuss

Do you know that's the fourth time you've said that today?

You should have a record made of it

Shall we go inside? I should sure like to show you some of our rare treasures

Good afternoon

- Excuse me, I - Please

Don't go

Tea will be served any moment

Won't you come in?

My name is Maria

Won't you sit down?

By the way, what religion do you follow here?

To put it simply, I should say that our general belief was in moderation

We preach the virtue of avoiding excesses of every kind

Even including excess of virtue itself

Well, that's intelligent

We find in the valley in makes for greater happiness among the natives

We rule with moderate strictness, and in return we are satisfied

with moderate obedience

As a result, our people are moderately honest,

they're moderately chaste and somewhat more than moderately happy

How about law and order? You have no soldiers or police?

- Good heavens, no - How do you deal with incorrigibles?

Criminals?

Why, we have no crime here

What makes a criminal?

Lack, usually

Avariciousness Envy

The desire to possess something owned by another

There can be no crime where there is a sufficiency of everything

You have no disputes over women?

Only very rarely

You see, it would not be considered good manners to take a woman

that another man wanted

Suppose somebody wanted her so badly

that he didn't give a hang if it was good manners or not?

Well, in that event, it would be good manners on the part of the other man

to let him have her

Well, that's very convenient I think i'd like that

You would be surprised, my dear Conway, how a little courtesy all around

helps to smooth out the most complicated problems

At some time in the future, you will have the pleasure of meeting her

Some man had better get ready to be very courteous to me

Mr Chang, all these things, books, instruments, sculpture

Do you mean to say they were all brought in over those mountains by porters?

They were

- That must have taken - Centuries

Centuries

Where did you get the money to pay for all these treasures?

Of course, we have no money as you know it

We do not buy or sell or seek personal fortunes

because there is no uncertain future here for which to accumulate it

That would suit me perfectly I'm always broke

How did you pay for them?

Our valley is very rich in a metal called gold,

which, fortunately for us, is valued very highly in the outside world

- So, we merely - Buy and sell

Buy and sell

No Pardon me Exchange

I see Gold for ideas

You know, Mr Chang, there's something so simple and naive about all this

that i suspect there's been a shrewd guiding intelligence somewhere

Whose idea was it? How did it all start?

That, my dear Conway, is the story of a remarkable man

Who?

A Belgian priest by the name of Father Perrault

The first European to find this place and a very great man indeed

He is responsible for everything you see here

He built Shangri-La, taught the natives and began our collection of art

In fact, Shangri-La is Father Perrault

When was all this?

Let me see

Way back in 1713, I think it was,

that Father Perrault stumbled into the valley, half-frozen to death

It was typical of the man that one leg being frozen

and of course there being no doctors here, he amputated the leg himself

He amputated his own leg?

Oddly enough, later, when he had learned to understand their language,

the natives told him he could have saved his leg

It would've healed without amputation

- They didn't actually mean that? - Yes They were very sincere about it, too

You see, a perfect body in perfect health was the rule here

They'd never known anything different

And so what was true for them

they thought would naturally be true for anyone else living here

Well, is it?

Rather astonishingly so, yes

Particularly in the case of Father Perrault himself

Do you know, when he and the natives had finished building Shangri-La,

he was 108 years old and still very active in spite of only having one leg

A hundred and eight and still active?

You're startled

No, I'm just a little bowled over, that's all

Forgive me

I should've told you it is quite common here to live to a very ripe old age

Climate, diet, mountain water, you might say

But we like to believe it is the absence of struggle in the way we live

In your countries, on the other hand, how often do you hear the expression,

"He worried himself to death," or, "This thing or that killed him"?

- Very often - And very true

Your lives are, therefore, as a rule, shorter

Not so much by natural death as by indirect suicide

That's all very fine if it works out

A little amazing, of course

Why, Mr Conway, you surprise me

I surprise you Now, that's news

I mean your amazement

I could've understood it in any of your companions, but you,

who have dreamed and written so much about better worlds

Or is it that you fail to recognize one of your own dreams when you see it?

Mr Chang, if you don't mind, I think i'll go on being amazed

- In moderation, of course - Then everything's quite all right?

Yeah

Hey, honey

It's terrific Terrific

I just saw something that'd make your hair stand on end

You see those hills over there? Gold Gold Popping right out of them Tons of it

Now look, you keep this under your hat

Because if those other monkeys hear about it, they'll declare themselves in

But if i can mine that stuff, I'll throw a bombshell into Wall Street

Now look, I've got a plan, and if i

Say, honey, you ain't feeling so well, are you?

Look

Don't pay too much attention to what those doctors tell you

I've seen an awful lot of people fool 'em

And i've got a hunch that this place is gonna be good for you Honest i have

Come on, now

Come on, you be a good kid and snap out of it

And i'll cut you in on the gold deal

Look, I'm going up and make a deal with Chang right now

Oh, my

- Good morning - Good morning, Mr Conway

- You speak English, do you? - Yes, sir

- Would you like to take a ride, Mr Conway? - No, thanks Not just now

Well, I think i'll take that ride

Fossils Why? What for?

Running around digging up a lot of old bones

You didn't dig yourself out of one of those holes by any chance, did you?

You seem gay Did you find out anything?

Well, I heard that if you want a man's wife, she's yours if he's got any manners

- Nothing about the porters yet? - Porters?

Good heavens, Bob We've been here two weeks and we haven't found out a thing

Well, we haven't been murdered in our beds yet, George, have we?

I'm afraid the porters are just a myth

Guess we never will know why we're here or how long we'll be held prisoners

Hey, hurry up, you slowpokes I'm starved

"Please, do not wait for me

"I eat so very little"

- Good evening - Good evening

I'm certainly glad to see us all finally organized

Okay, handsome Dish it out and make it snappy

Hey

- What's happened to you? - Nothing Why?

You look beautiful

That's unkind Doesn't Miss Stone always look beautiful?

I got it It's your makeup You've got none on

And say, honey, you look a million percent better

Wholesome, kind of, and clean

You take a tip from me, and don't you ever put that stuff on your face again

Why, it's like hiding behind a mask

And who're you to talk about a mask? What do you mean?

You've been wearing a mask ever since we met you

Have i?

Very strange, you know, you've never told us anything about yourself

Who are you, anyway? Why don't you take off your mask for once?

Yes, unbosom yourself, Mr Hyde

All right, I will

I'll let my hair down

Why not?

It can't make any real difference now

Hey, Lovey

- Were you ever chased by the police? - Certainly not

Believe me, it's no fun

When you fellas picked me up at Baskul, they'd been on my tail for a year

The police?

Did you ever hear of Chalmers Bryant?

Chalmers Bryant

Bryant Utilities That's me

I knew it

I knew i had a reason for hating you Sir, you are a thief

He never stole from you, did he?

I have 500 shares of Bryant Utilities that i bought with money

that i'd saved for 20 years teaching school Now, I couldn't sell it for postage stamps

That's too bad I got a half million shares

My whole foundation And now look at me

The colossal nerve you have sitting there, talking about it so calmly

You, the swindler of thousands of people

That's what makes the whole thing so funny

A guy like me, starts out in life as a plumber

An ordinary, everyday slew-footed plumber

And by the use of a little brains, mind you, he builds up a gigantic institution

Employs thousands of people Becomes a great civic leader

And then the crash comes

And overnight, he's the biggest crook the country ever had

You are a thief, sir, and a swindler,

and i, for one, will be only too glad to turn you over to the police when we get back

What do you mean, "when we get back"?

What makes you think we're ever going to get back?

You may not know it, but you're all prisoners here

We were deliberately kidnapped and brought here and nobody knows why

I'm not content to be a prisoner

I'm going to find out when we're gonna get out of this place

I'll make that Chinese talk if it's the last thing i do

George

Chang Chang

Where is he? Where's Chang?

Where is he? Where's Chang or i'll blow your brains out

- George, what do you think you're doing? - Let me go

- George, come here - Chang

Chang Chang

Come here, you Come here

George, you idiot

Had to sock him?

- Let me up - You all right?

Sorry, George

Say, Conway Is it true about us being kidnapped?

I say, is it true about us being kidnapped?

Mr Chang

Do you mind stepping in here for a moment?

Won't you sit down?

Mr Chang, you have been very kind to us and we appreciate it

But for some reason we're being held prisoners here

and we want to know why

Personally, I don't mind at all I'm enjoying every minute of it

But my brother is not of the same opinion, nor are the others

It's time we were told what it's all about

We want to know why we were kidnapped, why we're being kept here,

but most important of all, do we get the porters and when?

Until we get this information, my dear Mr Chang,

I'm very much afraid we cannot permit you to leave this room

You know, it's very, very strange,

but when you saw me in the corridor, I was actually on my way to you

I bring the most amazing news

The High Lama wishes to see you, Mr Conway

- The High Lama? Who in blazes is he? - I thought you ran this joint

Mr Chang, high lamas or low lamas, do we get the porters?

The High Lama is the only one from whom any information can come

- Don't believe him He's just trying to get out - Yeah Sounds like a stall to me

- Better make him talk - One moment

You say the High Lama is the only one who can give us any information?

The only one

And he can arrange for the porters to take us back?

The High Lama arranges everything, Mr Conway

Then he's the man i want to see Will you come along?

Better wait here until i get back We'll soon know where we stand

Good evening, Mr Conway

Please, come in

Sit here, near me

I'm an old man and can do no one any harm

Are you the High Lama?

Yes

I trust you've been comfortable at Shangri-La since your arrival?

Personally, I've enjoyed your community very much

But my friends do not care for this mystery

They are determined to leave as soon as

It's astonishing and incredible, but

What is it, my son?

You're the man

Chang told me You're the first who

Two hundred years ago

You're still alive, Father Perrault

Sit down, my son

You may not know it, but i've been an admirer of yours

for a great many years

Not of Conway the empire builder and public hero

I wanted to meet the Conway who in one of his books said,

"There are moments in every man's life when he glimpses the eternal"

That Conway seemed to belong here

In fact, it was suggested that someone be sent to bring him here

That i be brought here? Who had that brilliant idea?

Sondra Bizet

The girl at the piano?

Yes She has read your books and has a profound admiration for you

As have we all

Of course, I've suspected that our being here was no accident

Furthermore, I have a feeling we're never supposed to leave

But that, for the moment, doesn't concern me greatly

I'll meet that when it comes

What particularly interests me at present is why was i brought here?

What possible use can i be to an already thriving community?

We need men like you here

to be sure that our community will continue to thrive

In return for which, Shangri-La has much to give you

You are still, by the world's standards, a youngish man

Yet in the normal course of existence,

you can expect 20 or 30 years

of gradually diminishing activity

Here, however, in Shangri-La,

by our standards, your life has just begun

And may go on and on

Of course, to be candid, Father, a prolonged future doesn't excite me

It would have to have a point

I've sometimes doubted whether life itself has any

If that is so, then long life must be even more pointless

No, I'd need a much more definite reason for going on and on

We have reason

It is the entire meaning and purpose of Shangri-La

It came to me in a vision

long, long ago

I saw all the nations strengthening

not in wisdom, but in the vulgar passions and the will to destroy

I saw their machine power multiplying

until a single-weaponed man might match a whole army

I foresaw a time when man, exulting in the technique of murder,

would rage so hotly over the world

that every book, every treasure, would be doomed to destruction

This vision was so vivid and so moving

that i determined to gather together all things of beauty

and of culture that i could and preserve them here,

against the doom toward which the world is rushing

Look at the world today

Is there anything more pitiful?

What madness there is, what blindness, what unintelligent leadership

A scurrying mass of bewildered humanity crashing headlong against each other,

compelled by an orgy of greed and brutality

The time must come, my friend,

when this orgy will spend itself

When brutality and the lust for power

must perish by its own sword

Against that time is why i avoided death and am here,

and why you were brought here

For when that day comes,

the world must begin to look for a new life

And it is our hope that they may find it here

For here, we shall be with their books

and their music and the way of life

based on one simple rule,

"Be kind"

When that day comes,

it is our hope that the brotherly love of Shangri-La

will spread throughout the world

Yes, my son, when the strong have devoured each other,

the Christian ethic may at last be fulfilled,

and the meek shall inherit the Earth

I understand you, Father

You must come again, my son

Good night

Well?

- Well, what did you find out? - We thought you were never coming back

- When do we leave? - What about the porters?

Porters?

Didn't you find out anything about the porters?

Why, I'm sorry, but

What were you doing all this time?

For heaven's sake, Bob, what's the matter with you? You went out there

George, George Do you mind? I'm sorry, but i can't talk about it tonight

Hello

Good morning

Lay thee down now, and rest

May thy slumber be blessed

Lullaby, and good night

Thy mother's delight

Bright angels all around

My darling shall send

They will guard thee from harm

Do you mind?

Thou shall wake in my arms

They will guard thee from harm

Thou shall wake in my arms

This is Mr Conway, children

Good morning, Mr Conway

- How do you do? - Very well, thank you

All right, children, Teacher is going to be very busy this afternoon

So, school's dismissed Come on

Please

I hope you're not going to run away this time

My name's Sondra

I hope you'll forgive me for

You know, each time i see you, I hear that music

What is it?

You mean my pigeons

It's these little flutes i attached to their tails See?

Come along with me and i'll show you how i put them on

This is how we tie them on

By varying the size of the flutes, I can get any notes i wish

The wind does the rest

Here's a little fellow who has lost his

- Was this your idea? - Yes

Hold this pigeon

You suggested my being brought here, didn't you?

What gave you the idea i'd fit in?

- That was easy I'd read your books - You've read my books?

You do more things

What have my books got to do with it?

I saw a man whose life was empty

"A man whose life was empty"

I know, it was full of this and full of that But you were accomplishing nothing

You were going nowhere and you knew it

As a matter of fact, all i saw was a little boy whistling in the dark

"A little boy whistling"

Do you realize that there was a British cruiser waiting at Shanghai,

smoke pouring out of its funnels, tugging at its moorings,

waiting to take Mr Conway back to London?

Do you know that at this minute, there are headlines

shrieking all over the world the news that Conway's missing?

Does that look like a man whose life was empty?

Yes

You're absolutely right

And i had to come all the way to a pigeon house in Shangri-La

to find the only other person in the world who knew it

May i congratulate you?

I really only brought you here to show you my pigeons

Don't worry about the pigeons

From now on, you can put flutes on my tail and bells on my feet

There are so many questions i'd like to ask you, I hardly know where to begin

I'll help you To begin with, you'd like to know what i'm doing here

- If i was born here - Thank you

Well, I was almost born here

It took place in that wild country beyond the pass

My father and mother were in a party of explorers

who got lost and wandered around for a year

When Chang found us, only Father and i were alive

He was too weak to climb the pass He died on the way

I was brought up by Father Perrault himself

Father Perrault? i envy you

- I talked to him last night - Yes, I know

I can't quite get used to this age thing

I'm 30

You're going to make life very simple

It's inconceivable

- What? - All of it

Father Perrault and his magnificent history

This place, hidden away from the rest of the world

with its glorious concepts

And now you come along and confuse me entirely

I'm sorry I thought i was to be the light

Why do i confuse you? Am i so strange?

On the contrary, you're not strange And that in itself is confusing

I had the same idea about Shangri-La

The sense that i've been here before, that i belonged here

I'm so glad

I can't quite explain it, but everything is somehow

Familiar

The very air that i breathe The lamasery,

with its feet rooted in the good earth of this fertile valley

while its head explores the eternal

All the beautiful things i see, these cherry blossoms, you,

all somehow are familiar

I've been kidnapped and brought here against my will

A crime, a great crime, yet i accept it amiably

With the same warm amiability one tolerates only from a very dear and close friend

Why? Can you tell me why?

Perhaps because you've always been a part of Shangri-La without knowing it

- I wonder - I'm sure of it

Just as i am sure there's a wish for Shangri-La in everyone's heart

I've never seen the outside world, but i understand

there are millions and millions of people who are supposed to be mean and greedy

I just know that secretly they are all hoping to find a garden spot

where there is peace and security

Where there's beauty and comfort

Where they wouldn't have to be mean and greedy

I just wish the whole world might come to this valley

Then it wouldn't be a garden spot for long

I don't know why i associate with you, Mr Barnard or Mr Chalmers Bryant

or Mr Embezzler, or whatever your name may be

- Just call me Barney - Barney? Why should i?

Never, we have nothing in common

Barney What effrontery

Okay, Lovey

And this trip to the valley

I can't imagine why i'd allow you to drag me down here

Why, we don't know anything about these people

We're not even armed

They're very nice people, except that they've got horns

- Horns? - You know

Horns

What kind of horns?

Here, here Come on They won't hurt you

All i want is a glass of wine

- Thanks very much - Please sit down

Now this is fine This is swell

No, thanks, just a drink I've been walking and i'm a little thirsty

That's all right I just don't happen to be very hungry

All i asked for was a glass of wine

Look here, I've got to have some help with this

Lovey

Where is Lovey?

Look

Mr Barnard

Hey, Lovey

Come here

Lovey, I asked for a glass of wine, look what i got

Come on, sit down

This is where you are I might have known

- No wonder you couldn't hear me - Please relax and have a glass of wine

- Sit down - And be poisoned out here in the open?

Certainly not

- Won't you please have a glass of wine? - I never drink wine in the daytime

- There you are - This doesn't obligate me in any way

No

Then the bears came right into the bedroom and the little baby bear said,

"Somebody's been sleeping in my bed"

And then the mama bear said, "Somebody's been sleeping in my bed"

And then the big papa bear, he roared,

"And somebody's been sleeping in my bed"

You have to admit, the poor little bears were in a quandary

Well, I'm going to sleep in my bed Come on, Lovey

- They were in a quandary - Come on, Lovey

Why? Why "come on" all the time?

What's the matter, you going to be a fuss-budget all your life?

Drink it up Aren't you having any fun?

- Where was i? - In a quandary

I'm telling this story

- I'm telling it - Yeah

The poor little bears,

they didn't know what to do Somebody had been sleeping in their beds

Who slept in their beds? Who was it, Lovey?

You called me "Lovey"?

Look at those eyes There's the devil in those eyes

Here we go gathering nuts in May Nuts in May, nuts in May

Here we go gathering nuts in May Early on Tuesday morning

Here we go Something, something

Here we go, la la la Shangri-La, Shangri-La

Here you are in Shangri-La

George?

Hello, Maria

You promised to come for tea yesterday

I waited for so long

Sorry

- I haven't got any cigarettes left - I'll make some for you

You will come today?

Perhaps

Please say you will

The days are very long and lonely without you

Please

All right, I'll be there

Thank you

You'll tell me some of the things I want to know, won't you?

You'll tell me who runs this place?

Why we were kidnapped and what they're going to do with us?

Chang's been lying about those porters, hasn't he?

Beautiful

- I'm waiting for the bump -"Bump"?

When the plane lands at Shanghai and wakes us all up

You see? It's not a dream

I sometimes think that the other is the dream

The outside world

- Have you never wanted to go there? - Goodness, no

From what you tell me about it, it doesn't sound very attractive

It's not so bad, really

Some phases of it are sordid, of course That's only to be expected

Why?

Usual reasons

A world full of people struggling for existence

Struggling? Why?

Well

Everybody naturally wants to make a place for himself

- Accumulate a nest egg and so on - Why?

If you keep on asking that, we're not going to get anywhere

- And don't ask me why - Well, I was just going to

It's the most annoying word in the English language

Did you ever hear a child torture his parent with it?

"Mother's little darling mustn't stuff her fingers in the salad bowl"

"Why?"

"Because it isn't ladylike to do that"

"Why?"

"Because that's what forks are made for, darling"”

-"Why, Mother?" -"Mother read it in a book somewhere

"If Mother's little darling doesn't take her fingers

"out of the salad bowl this instant, Mother's going to wring her little neck"

- Would you like to wring my little neck? - I'd love it

Why?

I'm sorry I'm sorry Sorry

I've thought about it for years

I knew you'd come

And i knew when you did, you'd never leave

Am i forgiven for sending for you?

Forgiven

You know

When we were on that plane,

I was fascinated by the way its shadow followed it

That silly shadow

racing along over mountains and valleys,

covering 10 times the distance of the plane

And yet always there to greet us with outstretched arms when we landed

I've been thinking that somehow you're that plane

and i'm that silly shadow

That all my life, I've been rushing up and down hills,

leaping rivers, crashing over obstacles,

never dreaming that one day, that beautiful thing in flight

would land on this earth and into my arms

Amazing, Mr Chang This place is amazing

That marble quarry in the valley is simply magnificent

I've looked around I've seen everything

Your woodworkers and your cloth weavers are all so very, very happy

Yes

You may not know it, Mr Chang, but right here you have Utopia

- You're very kind, Mr Lovett - I don't mean it in that sense

I only give credit where credit is due

- Sure - Yes

Mr Chang?

I'm very anxious to have you realize that i never for a moment believed

that ridiculous kidnapping story

- I'm so glad - Simply preposterous

Do you know what i did last night?

Last night, Mr Chang, I held a sort of a self-inventory

I said to myself last night, Mr Chang, I said, "Lovey Mr Lovett"

"Mr Lovett," I said, "You are an ungrateful fool"

No

"Ungrateful fool," those are my very words to myself last night

"Here are these people in Shangri-La doing everything in their power

"to make your stay comfortable and happy,

"and I haven't done one single thing to show my appreciation"

- What would you like to do? - Well, Mr Chang,

I thought, with your permission, and while i'm waiting for these porters,

I would like to organize classes for the children in the valley

and teach them something practical and something useful Geology

- Splendid - Isn't it?

You know, I was a professor for 20 years

- And a very good one - I'm sure you were

- When would you like to start? - Immediately

Then it's done

Thank you

You see? You get the idea?

From this reservoir here, I can pipe the whole works

I'm going to get a great kick out of this

Of course, it's just to keep my hand in With the equipment we have here,

I can put a plumbing system in the whole village Rig it up in no time

Do you realize that those poor people are still going to the well for water?

- It's unbelievable - Think of it In times like these

What about that gold deal?

- Gold, you know - Oh, that

That can wait Nobody's going to run off with it

Say, I've got to get busy I want to show this layout to Chang

So long

- Don't you take any wooden nickels - All right

George George

You're behaving like a child You haven't opened your mouth for two weeks

I don't see that there's anything to say

- I'm afraid that does it - I'm afraid it does

Shall we have another?

No, thanks Not tonight, if you don't mind

Come in, my dear

Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt

I thought Mr Conway's brother was here

Excuse me

Charming, isn't she?

Yes Charming

Your brother seems quite fascinated by her

Why not? She's an attractive young woman

Young? She arrived here in 1888

She was 20 at the time She was on her way to join her betrothed

when her carriers lost their way in the mountain

The whole party would've perished but for meeting with some of our people

It's amazing She still doesn't look over 20

When is she likely to grow old in appearance?

Not for years Shangri-La will keep her youthful indefinitely

Suppose she should leave?

Leave Shangri-La?

That's not likely You couldn't drive her out

I mean about her appearance

If she should leave the valley, what would happen?

She'd quickly revert in appearance to her actual age

It's weird

Chang

How old are you?

Age is a limit we impose upon ourselves

You know,

each time you Westerners

celebrate your birthday, you build another fence around your minds

There you are You're just the man I'm looking for A fine trick

Smart, aren't you? What a pack of lies you told us about those porters

Of course, the minute they arrive we can make arrangements to leave,

if they'd take us

But you know very well you'd tell them not to

My dear boy

You've been lying since we got here Apparently it's worked for some people

That's because they lack the courage to do anything about it But not me

You're up against the wrong man

I'll get out of here if i have to blow this fantastic place into the valley

I'll get out, porters or no porters

You must prevail upon him not to attempt the journey

He could never get through that country alive

I can't let him go alone It's suicide

Yes, of course your brother is a problem It was to be expected

I knew you'd understand That's why i came to you for help

You must not look to me for help Your brother is no longer my problem

He is now your problem, Conway

Mine?

Because, my son, I'm placing in your hands

the future and destiny of Shangri-La,

for i am going to die

I knew my work was done when i first set eyes upon you

I've waited for you, my son, for a long time

I've sat in this room and seen the faces of newcomers

I've looked into their eyes and heard their voices,

always in hope that i might find you

My friend, it is not an arduous task that I bequeath,

for our order knows only silken bonds

To be gentle and patient

To care for the riches of the mind

To preside in wisdom

while the storm rages without

Do you think this will come in my time?

You, my son, will live through the storm

You will preserve the fragrance of our history

and add to it a touch of your own mind

Beyond that, my vision weakens

But i see at a great distance

a new world stirring in the ruins,

stirring clumsily,

but in hopefulness,

seeking its lost and legendary treasures,

and they will all be here, my son

Hidden behind the mountains

in the Valley of the Blue Moon,

preserved as by a miracle

Look, honey

We run the pipes through here and we connect with the main waterline here

Pipes? Where are you going to get pipes?

That's a cinch I'll show them how to cast pipes out of clay

There you are You'd better get your things together We're leaving

Leaving?

Yes, I've just been talking to the porters,

they're going to take us back We've got clothing, food, everything

- Come on - Yeah?

When are you going to start?

Right this very minute The porters are waiting for us on the plateau

That Chinaman thought he could stop me Come along

I think i'll stick around I'll leave with the porters on the next trip

You mean you don't want to go?

Well, I'm

I see, you're afraid of going to jail

No, no You see, I've got this plumbing business

If you insist on being an idiot, I'm not going to waste time coaxing you How about you?

No, you don't want to go yet, honey She'll stick around, too That right?

If you want me to

Sure, sure Don't you worry I'll take care of you

All right, suit yourself, but just remember you had your chance

- How about you? Do you want to go? - Go? Where?

Home Away from here I've got porters to take us back

My dear boy, I'm sorry That's impossible I have my classes all started

I don't care what you've got started Do you want to go?

No, I think i'd better wait

- Yes, I will, I'll wait - You'll wait until you rot

Yes

Barney?

Lovey

- Hello, Gloria - Hello

I've just finished translating one of the most interesting old tablets you can imagine

It told me of the origin of the Masonic symbols

- That's swell Lovey - What?

I want to show you something Look

Isn't that pretty What is it?

Plumbing Everything modern

I'm going to run pipes all through the village

Hello, George

You can stop worrying about everything now, Bob

I've made arrangements to leave

If you let me close that window, I can talk to you

That noise is driving me crazy

I said we're getting out of here Back to civilization

I've made a deal with the porters

They brought in a load of books or something

They're leaving tomorrow at dawn

They're waiting for us five miles outside the valley Get your things together

- Where's your topcoat? - You can't leave, George

Why not? What's going to stop me?

- You mustn't You've got to stay here now - Stay here?

What's the matter with you, Bob?

You've been acting strangely ever since we came here

I've never seen you like this

Why can't we leave? What's stopping us?

Something grand and beautiful

Something I've been searching for all my life

The answer to the confusion and bewilderment of a lifetime

I've found it , George, and i can't leave it You mustn't either

I don't know what you're talking about

You're carrying around a secret that seems to be eating you up

- If you'd only tell me about it - I will, George I want to tell you

I'll burst with it if i don't It's weird and fantastic

and sometimes unbelievable, but so beautiful

As you know, we were kidnapped and brought here

And that's the whole story, George

He died as peacefully as the passing of a cloud's shadow His last words to me were,

"I place in your hands, my son,

"the future and destiny of Shangri-La"

Now you know why i can't leave

Well, I

I really don't know what to say

- Except that you must be completely mad - You think i'm mad?

What else can i think after a tale like that?

Good heavens, Bob Things like that don't happen today

- We're living in the 20th century - You think it's all nonsense?

I think you've been hypnotized by a lot of loose-brained fanatics

I wouldn't believe it if i heard it in an English monastery

Why should i swallow it here in Tibet?

How do you know the things they told you are true?

- Did they show you any proof? - I don't need any proof

I knew there was a reason why i hated this place

I'd give half my life to fly over it with a load of bombs

just for what they've done to you

All this talk about lamas being hundreds of years old

How do you know? Did you see their birth certificates?

I can't believe it

A bunch of decrepit, old men sit around and dream about reforming the world

and you, Bob Conway, two-feet- on-the-ground Conway, want to join them

It's horrible

Is that all my story meant to you?

What else could it mean to me? It's obviously a lot of bunk

Then you'd better go, George This is no place for you

It's no place for you, Bob Think of what's waiting for you

Do you want to stay here till you're half dead?

Till your mind starts corroding like the rest of them?

Please, George I don't want to talk about it anymore

You've got to talk about it

What about me? You say they stole that plane to bring you here

I didn't want to come You owe me some responsibility

I'm tired of owing you things

You're free to go Go ahead

It's that girl

- That girl has twisted and turned - That's enough

Never mind the girl

Well, why don't you go?

Look here, Bob

Ever since i can remember, you've looked after me

Now i think you're the one who needs looking after

I'm your brother, Bob If there's something wrong with you,

let me help you

Besides, I

I don't feel like making that trip alone, Bob

George

You couldn't possibly stay here, could you?

I'd go mad

George, I may be wrong I may be a maniac,

but i believe in this and i'm not going to lose it

You know how much i want to help you

but this is bigger, stronger, if you like, than brotherly love

But i'm sorry, George I'm staying

I can't think of anything more to say

Goodbye, Bob

But George?

Are you sure about the porters? About their taking care of you, I mean

Yes It's all set

- Maria made the arrangements - Maria?

- Yes, the little Russian girl - What's she got to do with it?

- She's going with me - George, you're crazy

- You can't take her away from here - Why not?

Because you can't Do you know what will happen if she leaves Shangri-La?

She's a fragile thing that can only live where fragile things are loved

Take her out of this valley and she'll fade away like an echo

What do you mean, "fade away like an echo"?

She came here in 1888

This'd be funny, if it weren't so pathetic She isn't a day over 20

- You're wrong, George - I'm not wrong She told me so

Besides, she wouldn't have to tell me I'd know anyway

I found out a lot of things last night

I'm not ashamed of it, either It's probably one of the few decent things

that's ever happened in this hellish place

So everyone is serenely happy in Shangri-La

Nobody would ever think of leaving It's all just so much rot

She's pleaded with me ever since i came here to take her away from this awful place

She's cried in my arms for hours for fear i'd leave her behind

What's more, she's made two trips to the plateau to bribe the porters For me

I don't believe it I don't believe a word of it

All right, I'll prove it to you

You've believed everything they've told you without proof I'll prove my story

Come in a minute

Come iln

I've got some bad news for you, Maria

My brother and i have decided we can't take you along

You can't take me? But you promised You promised to take me with you

It's all your fault It was all arranged until he spoke to you

Why can't you leave us alone?

You mean to tell me you want to leave Shangri-La?

I'll die if i have to stay here another minute

I've waited a long time for this chance to go, and you're not going to stop me now

If i have to, I'll go alone

It was i who brought the porters If it weren't for me, you'd never get out

I thought the porters had instructions from the High Lama not to take anyone

The High Lamal Who pays any attention to him?

The porters laugh at the High Lama

All they want to know is how much gold he'll give them

I gave them more gold I've been stealing it for a year

I'd do anything to get out of this place

To get away from the High Lama, the one who calls himself Father Perrault

Why, he's been insane for years

- Father Perrault is dead - He's dead That's fine

You won't see me shedding any tears over him

George, you must take me with you

Aren't you afraid to leave?

You don't want to look like an old woman, do you?

Old woman?

- Chang told you that, didn't he? - Yes

I thought so

He tells everyone i'm old

He wants them to stay away from me

He can't stand it when anyone comes near me

He's punished me for every minute I've spent with George

If it weren't for him, I'd have been out of here long ago But he always stops me

Six months ago, I tried to escape and he locked me in a dark room

I nearly went crazy

Look at me, Mr Conway Do i look like an old woman?

Is this the skin of an old woman?

Look into my eyes Are these the eyes of an old woman?

She was kidnapped and brought here two years ago just as we were, Bob

I don't believe it I can't believe it She's lying

You're lying You're lying Every word you've been saying is a lie

Say it You're lying, aren't you?

No, Mr Conway, I'm not lying What reason could i have for lying?

Chances are we'll never come out of that horrible trip alive

But i'd rather die out there in a snowstorm, be buried alive,

than to stay here one more minute now

- You say the porters are waiting for us? - Yes

- Clothes? - Yes, everything

What about the others?

I've already asked them They're afraid to make the trip

We'll have to send an expedition back after them

Come on, we're wasting time

- Are you taking me? - Yes, of course Certainly Come on

It won't be long now before we're in London

Can't you just see everyone when we pop in out of the blue?

We'll have them breathless when we tell them our story

You had me worried for a while I thought you were gone completely

Lucky thing for me you snapped out of it You saved my life

- I never could have made it alone - What was that?

I was saying

Can't you shut up? Must you go on babbling?

- What's happened? Where's Bob? - He's going, my child

- Going? - But he will return

No No

Bob

Bob

Bob

Bob

Bob

Bob

I can't stand it I can't go on anymore I've got to rest

How long is this going to go on? I can't stand it

Bob, can't you get them to wait for us?

They're leaving us farther behind every day

There's nothing that would suit them better than to lose us, but we must go on

- Come on, now - I can't You've got to let me rest

You've got to let me rest

Hey

Target practice again One of these days they're going to hit us

As long as they keep on aiming at us, we're safe Come now

Bob Bob

Look at her face Her face Look at her face

George George

"Dropping from nowhere after a year"

- Cable from Gainsford - Read it

"Leaving today for London with Conway aboard SS Manchuria

"Conway can tell nothing of his experiences

"Is suffering from complete loss of memory" Signed, Gainsford

-"Loss of memory"? - All right, give it to the press

- All of it? - Yes Might as well all of it

I'll dispatch a convoy to meet him

Conway's gone again Run out Listen to this, from Gainsford

Let me have it

"Aboard SS Manchuria

"Last night Conway recovered his memory Kept talking about Shangri-La

"Telling a fantastic story about a place in Tibet

"Insisted upon returning there at once

"Locked him in room, but he escaped us and jumped ship during night at Singapore

"Am leaving ship myself to overtake him, as fearful of his condition

"Wrote down details of Conway's story about Shangri-La, which i am forwarding

"Lord Gainsford"

Why, here's Gainsford now

- It's good to see you back - Glad to see you

Hello, fellas

- It's good to see you again - Thought you would never come

- Sit down Have a drink - Scotch and soda I'm parched

Here you are Ready and waiting

Any news of Conway?

We're most eager to know what you discovered

Where is he?

Gentlemen, you see before you a very weary old man

who has just ended a chase that lasted nearly 10 months

You mean to tell me you never caught up with him?

Since that night he jumped off the ship till two weeks ago,

- I've been missing him by inches - You don't mean it

- Was he that determined at that to get back? - Determined?

Gentlemen, in the whole course of my life, I have never encountered anything so grim

During those last 10 months, that man has done the most astounding things

He learned how to fly, stole an army plane, got caught, put in jail, escaped

all in an amazingly short space of time

This is only the beginning of his adventure

He begged, cajoled and fought, always pushing forward to the Tibetan frontier

Everywhere i went, I heard the most amazing stories of the man's adventures

Positively astounding Till eventually,

I trailed him to the most extreme outpost in Tibet

Of course, he had already gone

But his memory

His memory will live with those natives for the rest of their lives

"The man who was not human," they called him

They will never forget the devil-eyed stranger who six times

tried to go over a mountain pass that no other human being dared to travel

And six times was forced back by the severest storms

They will never forget the madman who stole their food and clothing

Who they locked up in their barracks, but who fought six guards to escape

Their soldiers are still talking about their pursuit to overtake him

and shuddering at the memory

He led them the wildest chase through their own country

And finally, he disappeared over that very mountain pass

that they themselves dared not travel

And that, gentlemen,

was the last that any known human being saw of Robert Conway

By Jove, that's what i call fortitude

- Think of it - Tell me something, Gainsford

What do you think of his talk about Shangri-La? Do you believe it?

Yes I believe it

I believe it because i want to believe it

Gentlemen, I give you a toast

Here's my hope

that Robert Conway will find his Shangri-La

Here's my hope

that we all find our Shangri-La