Camille (1926)

Directed by

H. Bruce Humberstone, Fred Niblo

Genre

drama film, silent film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

NR

Rating

3.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A beautiful courtesan in 1840s Paris falls deeply in love with a young man. Their passionate relationship is threatened by society's judgments and her own declining health.

romantictragicmelancholicemotionalvisually lushdramaticsweeping

What happens

Camille is a 1926 American silent film based on the play adaptation of La Dame aux Camélias (The Lady of the Camellias) by Alexandre Dumas, fils, first published in French as a novel in 1848 and as a play in 1852. Adapted by Fred de Gresac, George Marion Jr., Olga Printzlau, and Chandler Sprague, Camille was a directed by Fred Niblo and starred Norma Talmadge as Camille and Gilbert Roland as her lover, Armand. It was produced by the Norma Talmadge Film Corporation and released by First National Pictures. The film's score was composed by William Axt. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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