La Bohème
(1926) American
B&W : 1676 metres
Directed by King Vidor

Cast: Lillian Gish [Mimi], John Gilbert [Rodolphe], Renée Adorée [Musette], Roy D’Arcy [Vicomte Paul], Edward Everett Horton [Colline], Karl Dane [Benoit], Mathilde Comont [Madame Benoit], Gino Corrado [Marcel], Gene Pouyet (Eugene Pouyet) [Bernard], Frank Currier [theater manager], David Mir [Alexis], Catherine Vidor [Louise], Valentina Zimina [Phemie], Harry Crocker, Blanche Payson, George Hassell

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. / Scenario by Harry Behn and Ray Doyle, from Vie de Bohème by Henri Murger and the opera La Bohème by Puccini. Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and A. Arnold Gillespie. Technical assistant Robert Florey. Lillian Gish’s gowns designed by Lillian Gish. Renée Adorée’s gowns by Erté of Paris. Cinematography by Hendrik Sartov. Intertitles by William M. Conselman and Ruth Cummings. Music score by William Axt and David Mendoza. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Gish’s first MGM film.

Drama.

Survival Status: Print exists [16mm reduction positive].

Keywords: Actors: Theater - Death - Fops - Illness: Tuberculosis - Manuscripts - Plays - Playwrights - Self-sacrifice - Theaters

Listing updated: 25 January 2004.

References: Film viewing : Bohn-Light p. 190; Brownlow-Parade p. 423; Davies-Times p. 53; Dowd-Vidor pp. 65, 69, 70, 74, 75-78, 218; Drew-Speaking p. 48; Eames-MGM p. 24; Everson-American p. 208; Fell-History p. 74; Higashi-Virgins pp. 20, 24-25; Lahue-Gentlemen p. 100; Limbacher-Feature p. 28; McCaffrey-Guide p. 19; Shipman-Cinema p. 92; Vermilye-Twenties p. 215; Weaver-Twenty pp. 28, 143, 146.