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.
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Directed by | Paul L. Stein |
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Based on | La Vie de Bohème by Henri Murger |
Produced by | Walter C. Mycroft |
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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 |
Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The film was made at Elstree Studios,[2] with sets designed by the art director Cedric Dawe.
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]
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