Mimi (1935 film)

1935 film

Mimi

Directed by| Paul L. Stein
Written by|

* Jack Davis Jr.
* Clifford Grey
* Paul Merzbach
* Denis Waldock

Based on| La Vie de Bohème by Henri Murger
Produced by| Walter C. Mycroft
Starring|

* Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
* Gertrude Lawrence
* Diana Napier

Cinematography| Jack E. Cox
Edited by| Leslie Norman
Music by| George H. Clutsam

Production
company

British International Pictures

Distributed by| Wardour Films

Release date

* 29 March 1935 (1935-03-29)

Running time

| 94 minutes
Country| United Kingdom
Language| English

Mimi is a 1935 British romance film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Gertrude Lawrence and Diana Napier.[1] Set in nineteenth century Paris, the screenplay concerns a composer who becomes inspired by a young woman he encounters. The film is based on the 1851 novel La Vie de Bohème by Henri Murger. The score includes arrangements of Giacomo Puccini's music from the opera La bohème, arranged by George H. Clutsam.

The film was made at Elstree Studios,[2] with sets designed by the art director Cedric Dawe.

## Cast

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* Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Rodolphe
* Gertrude Lawrence as Mimi
* Diana Napier as Madame Sidonie
* Harold Warrender as Marcel
* Carol Goodner as Musette
* Richard Bird as Colline
* Martin Walker as Schaunard
* Austin Trevor as Lamotte
* Laurence Hanray as Barbemouche
* Paul Graetz as Durand
* Jack Raine as Duke

## Reception

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Writing for The Spectator, Graham Greene described the film as evoking a "happy juvenility" and attributed its success to the superior acting skills of Fairbanks and Lawrence, and to the wardrobe designed by Doris Zinkeisen.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Mimi". BFI. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
2. ^ Low p.87
3. ^ Greene, Graham (2 August 1935). "The Voice of Britain/Mimi". The Spectator. (reprinted in: Taylor, John Russell, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. p. 10. ISBN 0192812866.)

## Bibliography

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* Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
* Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

## External links

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* Mimi at IMDb

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Henri Murger's Scenes of Bohemian Life

Opera|

* La bohème (Puccini)
* La bohème (Leoncavallo)

Film|

* La Bohème (1926 silent)
* Mimi (1935)
* La Vie de bohème (1945)
* La Bohème (1965)
* La Vie de Bohème (1992)

Rent|

* Rent (1996 musical)
* Rent (2005 film)
* Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway (2008 film)
* Rent: Live (2019)
* Albums

Music|

* La Vie de Bohème (1969 album)
* La bohème discography
* "La Vie Bohème"
* "Seasons of Love"
* "Take Me or Leave Me"
* "Finale B"

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Films directed by Paul L. Stein

* Intrigue (1920)
* The Closed Chain (1920)
* My Wife's Diary (1920)
* The Eternal Struggle (1921)
* The Sacrifice of Ellen Larsen (1921)
* The Red Peacock (1921)
* A Debt of Honour (1921)
* It Illuminates, My Dear (1922)
* Power of Temptation (1922)
* The Chain Clinks (1923)
* A Dream of Happiness (1924)
* The Lion of Venice (1924)
* Fire of Love (1925)
* The Island of Dreams (1925)
* I Love You (1925)
* Tea Time in the Ackerstrasse (1926)
* My Official Wife (1926)
* The Forbidden Woman (1927)
* Don't Tell the Wife (1927)
* The Climbers (1927)
* Man-Made Women (1928)
* Honour Thy Mother (1928)
* Show Folks (1928)
* The Office Scandal (1929)
* Her Private Affair (1929)
* This Thing Called Love (1929)
* One Romantic Night (1930)
* The Lottery Bride (1930)
* Sin Takes a Holiday (1930)
* Born to Love (1931)
* The Common Law (1931)
* A Woman Commands (1932)
* Lily Christine (1932)
* Breach of Promise (1932)
* The Song You Gave Me (1933)
* Red Wagon (1933)
* Blossom Time (1934)
* Heart's Desire (1935)
* Mimi (1935)
* Faithful (1936)
* Cafe Colette (1937)
* Jane Steps Out (1938)
* Black Limelight (1939)
* The Outsider (1939)
* Poison Pen (1939)
* Just like a Woman (1939)
* It Happened to One Man (1940)
* The Saint Meets the Tiger (1941)
* Talk About Jacqueline (1942)
* Kiss the Bride Goodbye (1945)
* Twilight Hour (1945)
* Waltz Time (1945)
* Lisbon Story (1946)
* The Laughing Lady (1946)
* Counterblast (1948)
* The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery (1950)

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