Camille (1917 film)
{{short description|1917 film by J. Gordon Edwards}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Camille
| image = Theda Bara in Camille.jpg
| caption = Film still with Theda Bara
| director = J. Gordon Edwards
| producer = William Fox
| writer = Adrian Johnson (scenario)
| based_on = {{based on|La Dame aux Camélias
1848 novel|Alexandre Dumas, fils}}
| starring = Theda Bara
Alan Roscoe
Walter Law
Glen White
Alice Gale
Claire Whitney
Richard Barthelmess
| cinematography = Rial Schellinger
| editing =
| distributor = Fox Film Corporation
| released = {{Film date|1917|09|30}}
| runtime = 60 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent
English intertitles
| budget =
}}
File:Alan Roscoe-Theda Bara in Camille.jpg and Theda Bara ]]
Camille is a 1917 American silent film based on the play adaptation of La Dame aux Camélias (The Lady of the Camellias) by Alexandre Dumas, fils, first published in French as a novel in 1848 and as a play in 1852. Adapted for the screen by Adrian Johnson, Camille was directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starred Theda Bara as Camille and Albert Roscoe as her lover, Armand.{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/Camille1917.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: Camille (1917)|accessdate=29 July 2016|website=Silent Era|date=26 January 2015}}
The film was produced by Fox Film Corporation and shot at the Fox Studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey.{{cite book|title=Fort Lee: Birthplace of the Motion Picture Industry|year=2006|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=0-738-54501-5|page=64}}
Plot
As described in a film magazine,{{cite journal |title=Reviews: Camille |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=5 |issue=18 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |date=October 27, 1917 |location=New York |page=30 |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald05exhi}} Armand Duval (Roscoe), a son in the proud but poor house of Duval, loves Camille (Bara), a notorious Parisian beauty. His love for Camille means that his sister Celeste (Whitney) cannot marry the man she loves, so the father goes to Camille and begs her to give Armand up, which she does. This arouses the anger of Armand, and he denounces her one evening in public. The Count de Varville (Law) challenges Armand to a duel, which he wins, wounding Armand in the arm. Believing Camille no longer loves him, Armand does not go to see her. One day, his father tells him that Camille is dying. He goes to her and, after a few words, she dies in the arms of her lover.
Cast
- Theda Bara as Marguerite Gauthier / Camille
- Alan Roscoe as Armand Duval (credited as Albert Roscoe)
- Walter Law as Count de Varville
- Glen White as Gaston Rieux
- Alice Gale as Madame Prudence
- Claire Whitney as Celeste Duval
- Richard Barthelmess as Bit Part
Reception
Like many American films of the time, Camille was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors issued an Adult's Only permit, cut two long gambling sequences where money was on the table and flashed all other gambling scenes, and cut the two intertitles "That woman once favored me when I was poor, now that I am rich bear witness that I pay" and "You are here because you are selfish — and make a sale of your love to the highest bidder".{{cite journal |title=Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=5 |issue=16 |page=33 |date=October 13, 1917 |url=https://archive.org/stream/exhibitorsherald05exhi#page/n778/mode/1up}}
Preservation status
This film is now considered a lost film.
See also
References
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External links
{{commons category|Camille (1917 film)}}
- {{IMDb title|0007769|Camille}}
- {{TCMDb title|id=492617}}
- {{AFI film|18209}}
- [http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/Camille1917.html Camille (1917) at SilentEra]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131014173802/http://content.lib.washington.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2Fsayre&CISOPTR=13884&CISOBOX=1&REC=3 Still photo of a scene from Camille (University of Washington Sayre Collection)]
{{The Lady of the Camellias}}
{{J. Gordon Edwards}}
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Category:1910s English-language films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American films based on plays
Category:American silent feature films
Category:English-language drama films
Category:Films based on adaptations
Category:Films based on Camille
Category:Films directed by J. Gordon Edwards
Category:Films shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey