Mignon (film)

Mignon, is a silent 1915 drama film by William Nigh and Alexander E. Beyfuss, based on the opera Mignon.

Plot summary

The nobleman Lothario seduces Musette, the daughter of Giarno, the leader of the nearby Gypsy camp. When Musette learns that Lothario is married and has a baby, Mignon, she jumps off a cliff. For revenge, Giarno kidnaps Mignon. After Lothario's wife dies of grief, Lothario becomes a mad, wandering minstrel.

When Mignon is sixteen, the young nobleman Wilhelm Meister, seeing her mistreatment, buys Mignon from Giarno. Mignon falls in love with Wilhelm, but she believes that he loves the actress Filina. At a fete, Filina locks Mignon, whom Lothario has befriended, into her room. Filina traps Wilhelm into proposing, but as he announces their engagement, Lothario, acting on Mignon's earlier suggestions, sets the castle on fire. Wilhelm rescues Mignon, but because she still believes that he loves Filina, she leaves with Lothario. When an innkeeper recognizes Lothario and shows him a piece of the baby Mignon's belt, Lothario's memory returns. As Mignon has the other piece, she is revealed to be his daughter. Wilhelm finds them, and he and Mignon vow to marry.

Cast

• Beatriz Michelena – Mignon
• Robert House Peters – Wilhelm Meister
• Clara Beyers – Filina
• Belle Bennett – Musette
• Ernest Joy – Laertes
• Emil Krushe – Giarno
• Andrew Robson – Lothario
• Baby Wallace – Mignon (as a child)
• Frank Hollins – Lothario's servant
• Mrs. Frank Hollins – Baby Mignon's nurse
• Harold B. Meade – Lothario's servant
• D. Mitsoras – Innkeeper
• William Pike – Frederick
• Rollin Warwick – Baron Rosenberg

Uncredited

• George Cheseboro
• Ted Edlin

External links

• Mignon at the Internet Movie Database