La vie de Bohème (1916)
50 min
Mimi, an orphan, is taken in by a drunken innkeeper and becomes a domestic. She meets Rudolphe, scion of a well-to-do family, who rescues her from the unwanted advances of a drunken hotel guest. They fall madly in love, but Rudolphe's uncle, M. Durandin, wants Rudolphe to marry a family friend, Madame de Rouvre, and writes Mimi a letter, telling her that she is ruining Rudolphe's life. Musette and Marcel, friends of Mimi, also try to break up the romance by introducing Mimi to other men, and Rudolphe becomes jealous and leaves her. Brokenhearted, Mimi declines in health and eventually throws herself into the river but is rescued and taken to the hospital. Realizing it is only a matter of time before she dies, she drags herself back to the room where she and Rudolphe were happiest. Rudolphe is there and she dies knowing that he loves her.
- Release date
- June 18, 1916
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Alice Brady as Mimi
- Paul Capellani as Rudolphe
- June Elvidge as Madame de Rouvre
- Leslie Stowe as Durandin
- Chester Barnett as Marcel
- Zena Keefe as Musette
- Frederick Truesdell as Author
- D.J. Flanagan as Schaunard
- Juliette Clarens
Crew
- Albert Capellani · Director
- Frances Marion · Writer
- Henri Murger · Writer
- Lucien N. Andriot · Cinematographer
- Ben Carré · Production designer