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Camille
Lobby poster
Directed by Fred Niblo
Written by Fred de Gresac (adaptation)
Olga Printzlau (scenario)
Chandler Sprague (scenario)
George Marion, Jr. (intertitles)
Based on La Dame aux Camélias
1848 novel
by Alexandre Dumas, fils
Produced by Norma Talmadge
Joseph Schenck
Starring Norma Talmadge
Gilbert Roland
Lilyan Tashman
Cinematography Oliver Marsh
Music by William Axt
David Mendoza
Major Edward Bowes
Distributed by First National Pictures
Release date
  • December 18, 1926 (1926-12-18)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

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. [1] [2]

Plot summary

Cast

Preservation status

An incomplete 35mm positive print exists in the Raymond Rohauer collection of the Cohen Media Group, according to silentera.com. [2]

References

  1. ^ AFI (c. 1971), The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921–30, American Film Institute
  2. ^ a b Silent Era (January 26, 2016). "Progressive Silent Film List: Camille (1926)". SilentEra.com. Retrieved July 29, 2016.

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