La Bohème (1926 film)
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La Bohème is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by King Vidor, based on the 1896 opera La bohème by Giacomo Puccini. Lillian Gish and John Gilbert star in a tragic romance in which a tubercular seamstress sacrifices her life so that her lover, a bohemian playwright, might pen his masterpiece. Gish, at the height of her influence with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, asserted significant control over the production, determining the story, director, cast, cinematography, and costume design.[1] In February 2020, the film was shown at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, as part of a retrospective dedicated to King Vidor's career.[2]
La Bohème | |
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Directed by | King Vidor |
Written by | Fred de Gresac (screenplay) Harry Behn Ray Doyle (continuity) William M. Conselman Ruth Cummings (titles) |
Based on | Scènes de la vie de bohème (1847–49) novel by Henri Murger |
Produced by | Irving Thalberg |
Starring | Lillian Gish John Gilbert |
Cinematography | Hendrik Sartov [fr] |
Edited by | Hugh Wynn |
Music by | William Axt (uncredited) David Mendoza (uncredited) |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |