La Boheme

Illustrated with scenes from the photoplay King Vidor's Production a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture starring Lilian Gish. ABOUT THE FILM: "La Boheme is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by King Vidor, based on the 1896 opera La Boheme 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] 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.[3]"