Mimi (film)

Mimi is a 1935 British romance 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 is inspired by a young woman he encounters. The film is based on the novel La Vie de Bohème by Henri Murger.

Cast

• Douglas Fairbanks Jr. – Rodolphe
• Gertrude Lawrence – Mimi
• Diana Napier – Madame Sidonie
• Harold Warrender – Marcel
• Carol Goodner – Musette
• Richard Bird – Colline
• Martin Walker – Schaunard
• Austin Trevor – Lamotte
• Laurence Hanray – Barbemouche
• Paul Graetz – Durand
• Jack Raine – 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.^[2]

References

1. "Mimi". BFI. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
2. Greene, Graham (2 August 1935). "The Voice of Britain/Mimi". The Spectator. (reprinted in: John Russel, Taylor, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. p. 10. ISBN 0192812866.)

External links

• Mimi at the Internet Movie Database