Camille (1926 feature film)

Camille
lobby poster
Directed by	Fred Niblo
Produced by	Norma Talmadge Joseph M. Schenck
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
Starring	Norma Talmadge
Music by	William Axt David Mendoza Major Edward Bowes
Cinematography	Oliver T. Marsh
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release dates	December 18, 1926 (1926-12-18)
Running time	108 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent English intertitles

Camille is a 1926 American silent film based on the 1852 novel and play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The film was adapted by Fred De Gresac, George Marion Jr., Olga Printzlau, and Chandler Sprague, directed by Fred Niblo, and starred Norma Talmadge, Gilbert Roland, and Lilyan Tashman. 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

↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
1 2 "Progressive Silent Film List: Camille". silentera.com.

External links

Camille at the Internet Movie Database
Film poster

The films of Fred Niblo

Alexandre Dumas' The Lady of the Camellias

Films	The Lady of the Camellias (1915, Negroni) The Lady of the Camellias (1915, Serena) Camille (1915) Camille (1917) Camille (1921) Camille (1926 short) Camille (1926 feature) Camille (1936) Camille 2000 (1969) The Lady of the Camellias (1981) La Traviata (1983) Camille (1984)

Other	La traviata (opera) Marguerite (musical) Marguerite and Armand (ballet)

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