| Camille | |
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| Directed by | Ray C. Smallwood |
| Screenplay by | June Mathis (scenario) |
| Based on | La Dame aux Camélias 1848 novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils |
| Produced by | Alla Nazimova |
| Starring | Alla Nazimova Rudolph Valentino Rex Cherryman Arthur Hoyt Patsy Ruth Miller |
| Cinematography | Rudolph J. Bergquist |
Production company | Nazimova Productions |
| Distributed by | Metro Pictures Corporation |
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Running time | 70 minutes (contemporary edit) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Camille is a 1921 American silent drama film starring Alla Nazimova as Marguerite and Rudolph Valentino as her lover, Armand. It is based on the play adaptation La Dame aux Camélias (The Lady of the Camellias) by Alexandre Dumas, fils, which was first published in French as a novel in 1848 and as a play in 1852. Camille is one of numerous screen adaptations of Dumas, fils' story.[1][2] The film is set in 1920s Paris, whereas the original version takes place in Paris in the 1840s. It has lavish Art Deco sets; Rudolph Valentino later married the film's art director, Natacha Rambova.
- ^ AFI (n.d.), "Camille", The AFI Catalog of Feature Films, American Film Institute, retrieved July 29, 2016
- ^ silentera.com (March 8, 2011), "Progressive Silent Film List: Camille (1921)", SilentEra.com, retrieved July 29, 2016