La Bohème

Playwright Rodolphe (John Gilbert) and his roommate Marcel (Gino Corrado) have trouble with Bernard (Eugene Pouyet), the landlord, who threatens to throw them out if they do not come up with the monthly rent that night. Their next door neighbor, Mimi (Lillian Gish), an orphaned, friendless embroiderer, has the same problem. Mimi is nearly run over (deliberately) by the carriage of the rich, idle aristocrat Vicomte Paul (Roy D'Arcy) She has to fend off his advances. This inspires Rod