Mimi (1935)

Mimi: Directed by Paul L. Stein. With Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Gertrude Lawrence, Diana Napier, Harold Warrender. The story of a struggling playwright in 1850s Paris and his mate whose love furnishes him with the inspiration he has long sought.

“Not really sure what drew me to watch this. Attractive poster perhaps and to see Gertrude Lawrence and Douglas Fairbanks JR as they were in 1935. Well, they were fine, she more impressive than he but both fine and everyone else was also fine. Fine as anyone could be on an Elstree stage telling the Parisian tale of La Boheme. I stayed awake, the ballroom sequence is impressive and to be fair it may have been the wondrous and sparkling Bu-ray picture that showed up the inadequacies of the stagey sets and at least the acting wasnu0026#39;t too stagey as well.”