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Mignon
(1909) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel / 575 feet
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: (unknown)
Lubin Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Lubin Manufacturing Company. / Produced by Siegmund Lubin. [?] From the opera adaptation Mignon by Ambroise Thomas (music), Jules Barbier and Michel Carré (libretto) of the novel Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre (Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe? / Released 21 October 1909; in a split-reel with Aunt Lena’s Visit (1909). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The novel was previously filmed as Mignon (1909). The novel was subsequently filmed as Mignon (1912).
Drama: Romance.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Mignon, a beautiful dark-eyed girl, is the famous bareback rider. Tom, the clown, is in love with her and his feelings are reciprocated, even though Donita, the Spanish girl, her rival, tries very hard to take her lover away from her. Mignon has many admirers wherever she goes. Tired from her work Mignon returns to her dressing room, where she lays down for a rest and is soon asleep. In her dream she accepts the hand of one of her admirers. For some time she lives in luxury, but her admirer soon grows tired of her and casts her aside. She has to go back to the show, where she arrives broken-hearted. Just then she is awakened from her dream by a scream of her rival who stood over her with a drawn dagger. Her lover had entered, saw her danger and, showing the door to Donita, he embraces Mignon.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 7 December 2024.
References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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