Camille (1921 film) - Directed by Ray C. Smallwood - Full Movie

A courtesan and an idealistic young man fall in love, only for her to give up the relationship at his status-conscious father's request.Show more

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. The film was set in 1920s Paris, whereas the original version took place in Paris in the 1840s. It had lavish Art Deco sets and Rudolph Valentino later married the film's art director, Natacha Rambova.

Directed by: Ray C. Smallwood
Written by: June Mathis (scenario)
Based on: La Dame aux Camélias 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
Release date: September 26, 1921
Running time: 70 minutes (contemporary edit)
Country: United States
Language: Silent (English intertitles)