Mimi (1935 film)

Mimi is a 1935 British romance film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Gertrude Lawrence and Diana Napier. 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, with sets designed by the art director Cedric Dawe.

Cast

• 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

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.

Bibliography

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

External links

• Mimi at IMDb