Camille (1926 feature film)
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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 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 |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
Country | United 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]
Preservation status[]
An incomplete 35mm positive print exists in the Raymond Rohauer collection of the Cohen Media Group, according to silentera.com.[2]
Cast[]
- Norma Talmadge – Marguerite Gautier, Camille
- Gilbert Roland – Armand
- Lilyan Tashman – Olympe
- Rose Dione – Prudence
- Oscar Beregi, Sr. – Count de Varville
- Harvey Clark – The Baaron
- Helen Jerome Eddy – Camille's maid
- Alec B. Francis – the Duke
- Albert Conti – Henri
- Michael Visaroff – Camille's Father
- Evelyn Selbie – Camille's Mother
- Etta Lee – Mataloti
- Maurice Costello – Armand's father
References[]
- ^ AFI (c. 1971), The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921–30, American Film Institute
- ^ a b Silent Era (January 26, 2016). "Progressive Silent Film List: Camille (1926)". SilentEra.com. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
External links[]
- Camille at IMDb
- Film poster(Wayback)
Categories:
- 1926 films
- 1926 drama films
- American films
- American silent feature films
- Films based on Camille
- American black-and-white films
- American films based on plays
- Films directed by Fred Niblo
- First National Pictures films
- Films based on adaptations
- American drama films
- Films produced by Joseph M. Schenck
- 1920s silent drama film stubs