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Camille
Camille is a 1936 American romantic tragedy 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. 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.
Plot
Beautiful Marguerite Gautier is a well-known courtesan, living in the demi-monde of mid-19th century Paris. Marguerite's dressmaker and procuress, Prudence Duvernoy, arranges an assignation at the theatre with a fabulously wealthy prospective patron, the Baron de Varville. Marguerite briefly mistakes Armand Duval, a handsome young man of good family but no great fortune, for the baron. She finds Armand charming, but when the mistake is explained, she accepts the baron without hesitation.
Awards
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| author | Carey Wilson Frances Marion James Hilton Zoë Akins |
|---|---|
| award | National Board of Review: Top Ten Films |
| director | George Cukor |
| editor | Margaret Booth |
| events | prostitution |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | baccarat birthday party consumption courtesan death sentence demi-monde demimonde drink duel end expect family home foreign service french foreign legion gamble late night laugh over the hill poison pen letter procuress scathing letter tuberculosis wait young man |
| musicBy | Herbert Stothart |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actress |
| producer | Bernard H. Hyman Irving Thalberg |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| publisher | Loews Cineplex Entertainment |
| theme | dance romantic drama |