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Director
  
Paul L Stein
6.4/10
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Initial release
  
March 29, 1935

Running time
  
1h 38m

Genres
  
Drama, Romance Film

Mimi (film) movie poster

Cast
  
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
,
Gertrude Lawrence
,
Diana Napier

Writer
  
Jack Davis Jr., Clifford Grey, Paul Merzbach, Henri Murger (novel), Denis Waldock

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

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It 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.

    References

    Mimi (film) Wikipedia
    Mimi (film) IMDb Mimi (film) themoviedb.org