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Camille
Director: Ray C. Smallwood (Dir)
Release Date:   26 Sep 1921
Duration (in feet):   5,600
Duration (in reels):   6
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Cast:   Nazimova (Camille, Marguerite Gautier)  
    Rudolph Valentino (Armand Duval)  
    Arthur Hoyt (Count De Varville)  
    Zeffie Tillbury (Prudence)  
    Rex Cherryman (Gaston)  
    Edward Connelly (Duke)  
    Patsy Ruth Miller (Nichette)  
    Consuelo Flowerton (Olimpe)  
    Mrs. Oliver (Manine)  
    William Orlamond (Monsieur Duval)  
Summary: Armand Duval, a young and unsophisticated law student, falls passionately in love with Marguerite Gautier, known as Camille, a notorious Parisian courtesan. Armand forsakes his family and career, Marguerite abandons her friends for him, and they pass the days happily in a country retreat. They soon find themselves without money; consequently, Armand arranges for Marguerite to receive his small legacy, and, unknown to him, Marguerite plans to sell her possessions. Armand's father learns of the situation and determines to save the family name from disgrace. He persuades Marguerite to give up Armand, and she reverts to her former life of debauchery. Visiting a gambling house one evening she encounters Armand; believing himself abandoned for the Count de Varville's wealth, he denounces her before the crowd. Abandoned and ill, Marguerite finally dies in her home, clasping Armand's only gift, a copy of Manon Lescaut. 
Production Company: Nazimova Productions  
Distribution Company: Metro Pictures Corp.  
Director: Ray C. Smallwood (Dir)
Writer: June Mathis (Scen)
  June Mathis (Adpt)
Photography: Rudolph Bergquist (Dir of photog)
Art Direction: Natacha Rambova (Art dir)
Country: United States
Language: English
Source Text: Based on the novel La Dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils (Paris, 1848) and his play of the same name (Paris, 2 Feb 1852).
Authors: Alexandre Dumas fils
Copyright Claimant Copyright Date Copyright Number
Nazimova Productions 21/9/1921 dd/mm/yyyy LP17932
Physical Properties: b&w:
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Genre: Romance
 
Subjects (Major): Manon Lescaut (Novel)
  Family relationships
  Paris (France)
  Prostitutes
Note: For information on other versions of Camille , please consult the entry for the 1914 Shubert Film Corp. production, directed by Albert Capellani, starring Paul Capellani and Clara Kimball Young and the 1937 M-G-M production, directed by George Cukor and starring Greta Garbo and Robert Taylor (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1911-20 and 1931-40 ). 
Bibliographic Sources:   Date   Page
Film Daily   11 Sep 1921   p. 2.
Photoplay   Dec 1921   p. 62.
Variety   16 Sep 1921   p. 35.
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