La Bohème (1926 film)
| La Bohème | |
|---|---|
Promotional poster | |
| 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 |
| Edited by | Hugh Wynn |
| Music by | William Axt (uncredited) David Mendoza (uncredited) |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
|
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
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. 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.