Mignon (1915 film)

1915 film by William Nigh

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Mignon

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Directed by| William Nigh
Written by| Charles Kenyon (scenario)
Based on| Mignon
by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
Produced by| Alexander E. Beyfuss
George E. Middleton
Starring| Beatriz Michelena
Robert House Peters
Clara Beyers
Belle Bennett
Ernest Joy
Cinematography| Arthur Pawelson

Production
company

California Motion Picture Corporation

Distributed by| World Film

Release date

* January 18, 1915 (1915-01-18)

Running time

| 5 reels
Country| United States
Language| Silent (English intertitles)

Mignon is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by William Nigh with production supervised by Alexander E. Beyfuss. It is based on the 1866 opera Mignon that was from the 1795-96 novel Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.[1]

## Plot

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The nobleman Lothario seduces Musette, the daughter of Giarno, the leader of the nearby Gypsy camp. When Musette learns that Lothario is married and has a baby, Mignon, she jumps off a cliff. For revenge, Giarno kidnaps Mignon. After Lothario's wife dies of grief, Lothario becomes a mad, wandering minstrel.

When Mignon is sixteen, the young nobleman Wilhelm Meister, seeing her mistreatment, buys Mignon from Giarno. Mignon falls in love with Wilhelm, but she believes that he loves the actress Filina. At a fete, Filina locks Mignon, whom Lothario has befriended, into her room. Filina traps Wilhelm into proposing, but as he announces their engagement, Lothario, acting on Mignon's earlier suggestions, sets the castle on fire. Wilhelm rescues Mignon, but because she still believes that he loves Filina, she leaves with Lothario. When an innkeeper recognizes Lothario and shows him a piece of the baby Mignon's belt, Lothario's memory returns. As Mignon has the other piece, she is revealed to be his daughter. Wilhelm finds them, and he and Mignon vow to marry.

## Cast

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* Beatriz Michelena as Mignon
* Robert House Peters as Wilhelm Meister
* Clara Beyers as Filina
* Belle Bennett as Musette
* Ernest Joy as Laertes
* Emil Krushe as Giarno
* Andrew Robson as Lothario
* Baby Wallace as Mignon (as a child)
* Frank Hollins as Lothario's servant
* Mrs. Frank Hollins as Baby Mignon's nurse
* Harold B. Meade as Lothario's servant
* Demetrios Mitsoras as Innkeeper
* William Pike as Frederick
* Rollin Warwick as Baron Rosenberg

### Uncredited

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* George Cheseboro
* Ted Edlin

## References

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1. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Mignon at silentera.com

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mignon (1915 film).

* Mignon at IMDb

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* The Child of Destiny (1916)
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* The Blue Streak (1917)
* My Four Years in Germany (1918)
* The Fighting Roosevelts (1919)
* Beware! (1919)
* School Days (1921)
* Your Best Friend (1922)
* Notoriety (1922)
* Marriage Morals (1923)
* Born Rich (1924)
* Fear-Bound (1925)
* Casey of the Coast Guard (1926)
* The Fire Brigade (1926)
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* City of Silent Men (1942)
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* The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (1942)
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Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Characters|

* Wilhelm Meister

Poetry|

* "Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt"

Adaptations|

* Mignon (Schubert songs)
* Mignon Desires her Fatherland (1836 painting)
* "None but the Lonely Heart" (Tchaikovsky song)
* Mignon (1866 opera)
* Mignon (1915 film)
* Mignon (1922 film)
* The Wrong Move (1975 film)

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* Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years (sequel)

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