Camille (1936 film)

Camille
Theatrical Poster
Directed byGeorge Cukor
Written byJames Hilton
Zoë Akins
Frances Marion
Based onLa Dame aux Camélias
1852 novel
by Alexandre Dumas, fils
Produced byIrving Thalberg
Bernard H. Hyman
StarringGreta Garbo
Robert Taylor
Lionel Barrymore
CinematographyWilliam H. Daniels
Karl Freund
Edited byMargaret Booth
Music byHerbert Stothart
Edward Ward
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's Inc.
Release date
  • December 12, 1936 (1936-12-12)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,486,000[1][2]
Box office$2,842,000[2]
Greta Garbo and Robert Taylor

Camille is a 1936 American romantic drama film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer directed by George Cukor, and produced by Irving Thalberg and Bernard H. Hyman, from a screenplay by James Hilton, Zoë Akins, and Frances Marion.[3] The picture is based on the 1848 novel and 1852 play La dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The film stars Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Jessie Ralph, Henry Daniell, and Laura Hope Crews. It grossed $2,842,000.[1]

Camille was included in Time magazine's "All-Time 100 Movies" in 2005.[4] It was also included at #33 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions. Garbo received her third Best Actress nomination for Camille at the 10th Academy Awards in 1938.

  1. ^ a b "Box office / business for Camille (1969)". IMDb. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  2. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  3. ^ Camille at IMDb.
  4. ^ Time magazine.