Mimi (1935 film)

Mimi
Directed byPaul L. Stein
Written by
Based onLa Vie de Bohème by Henri Murger
Produced byWalter C. Mycroft
Starring
CinematographyJack E. Cox
Edited byLeslie Norman
Music byGeorge H. Clutsam
Production
company
Distributed byWardour Films
Release date
  • 29 March 1935 (1935-03-29)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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

Reception

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

  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

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


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