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Director:
King Vidor
Writers:
Fred De Gresac (adaptation)
Ray Doyle (continuity)
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Release Date:
24 February 1926 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Plot:
It is 1830 in Paris and the rent is due, but the money is not there. An article here, a painting there... more | add synopsis
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Classic Silent, Classic Story more

Cast

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Lillian Gish ... Mimi

John Gilbert ... Rodolphe
Renée Adorée ... Musette
George Hassell ... Schaunard
Roy D'Arcy ... Vicomte Paul

Edward Everett Horton ... Colline
Karl Dane ... Benoit
Mathilde Comont ... Madame Benoit

Gino Corrado ... Marcel
Eugene Pouyet ... Bernard (as Gene Pouyet)
Frank Currier ... Theatre Manager
David Mir ... Alexis
Catherine Vidor ... Louise
Valentina Zimina ... Phemie
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Additional Details

Runtime:
95 min
Country:
USA
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent
Certification:
USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
John Gilbert was infatuated with Lillian Gish, and would mess up his "love scenes" with her on purpose, so he could keep kissing her. more
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Referenced in "ER: Secrets and Lies (#8.16)" (2002) more

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Classic Silent, Classic Story, 16 June 2006
8/10
Author: Maliejandra Kay (Maleejandra@yahoo.com) from United States

La Boheme is a notoriously unreleased film that sometimes broadcasts on TCM. Thanks to a great cast featuring Lillian Gish, John Gilbert, and Renee Adoree, it is no wonder why fans clamor to see it. The star power indeed makes the film a good one. The story is one of sadness and heartbreak; two people live struggling to make ends meet in a shabby town in France. He is working as a writer, succumbing to pieces for the newspaper for money while he can flesh out his play. She is a seamstress whose love for him leads her to working herself to death. The love story is tragic and beautiful.

I have never understood the appeal of Gilbert, so I was not as interested in his character or, in consequence, the romantic relationship between he and Gish than I could have been. He is not a bad actor; I simply do not gravitate to his type. Gish is wonderful, however, as a pathetic but beautiful woman. One bright spot of this film was the couple's scenes on a picnic running through the wilderness in the sunlight.

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