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Camille (1921 Film)
''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. Plot A young law student, Armand (Rudolph Valentino) becomes smitten with a courtesan, Marguerite (Alla Nazimova). Marguerite is constantly surrounded by suitors, whom she entertains at her lavish apartment. She also has consumption and is frequently beset by bouts of illness. Armand sees Marguerite at the opera and, later, pursues her when he attends one of her private parties. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray C
Rehema Chalamila (born May 15, 1982 in Tanzania Iringa), popularly known for her stage name Ray C, is a musician from Tanzania. Her genre of music is afro pop specifically bongo flava. Biography Before venturing into music, she worked as a presenter for the Dar es Salaam-based Clouds FM radio station. She released her debut album "Mapenzi Yangu" in 2003. She has toured Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Mozambique, China, United Kingdom, Norway, Germany, Netherlands, Greece, Sweden, USA, Australia, Thailand, South Africa, India, Nigeria and other countries.Daily Nation, Feb 23, 2008Taarab to Confront Ohangla at Major Show in Nairobi/ref> Discography Albums: *Mapenzi Yangu (2003) *Na Wewe Milele (2004) *Sogea Sogea (2006) *Touch Me (2008) Awards Won: *2004 Tanzania Music Awards - Best Female Artist * 2004 Kisima Music Awards - Female Artist from Uganda & Tanzania *2007 Tanzania Music Awards - Best Female Artist Nominated: *2006 Pearl of Africa Music Awards - B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natacha Rambova
Natacha Rambova (born Winifred Kimball Shaughnessy; January 19, 1897 – June 5, 1966) was an American film costume designer, set designer, and occasional actress who was active in Hollywood in the 1920s. In her later life, she abandoned design to pursue other interests, specifically Egyptology, a subject on which she became a published scholar in the 1950s. Rambova was born into a prominent family in Salt Lake City who were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was raised in San Francisco and educated in England before beginning her career as a dancer, performing under Russian ballet choreographer Theodore Kosloff in New York City. She relocated to Los Angeles at age 19, where she became an established costume designer for Hollywood film productions. It was there she became acquainted with actor Rudolph Valentino, with whom she had a two-year marriage from 1923 to 1925. Rambova's association with Valentino afforded her a widespread celebrity typically ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Romantic Drama Films
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1921 Romantic Drama Films
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1921 Films
The following is an overview of 1921 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top seven films released in 1921 by U.S. gross are as follows: Events *January 21 – The silent comedy drama ''The Kid'', written by, produced by, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin (in his Tramp character) – his first full-length film as a director – and featuring Jackie Coogan, is released in the United States. It is the year's second-highest-grossing film. *March 6 – The silent epic war film '' The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'', adapted for the screen by June Mathis, is released in the United States. It is the year's highest-grossing film (and the sixth-best-grossing silent film of all time), propels Rudolph Valentino to stardom and inspires a tango craze and a fashion for gaucho pants. *August 29 – Broadway's first $1 million theatre, Loew's State opens. *September 5 – Popular comedian R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American actress. Regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses, she was known for her melancholic, somber persona, her film portrayals of tragedy, tragic characters, and her subtle and understated performances. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on its list of the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars, greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema. Garbo launched her career with a secondary role in the 1924 Swedish film ''The Saga of Gosta Berling, The Saga of Gösta Berling''. Her performance caught the attention of Louis B. Mayer, chief executive of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), who brought her to Hollywood in 1925. She stirred interest with her first American silent film, ''Torrent (1926 film), Torrent'' (1926). Garbo's performance in ''Flesh and the Devil'' (1927), her third movie, made her an international star. In 1928, Garbo starred in ''A Woman of Affairs,'' which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camille (1936 Film)
''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 (novelist), James Hilton, Zoë Akins, and Frances Marion. The picture is based on the 1848 novel and 1852 play ''The Lady of the Camellias, La dame aux camélias'' by Alexandre Dumas, fils, Alexandre Dumas. The film stars Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor (American actor), Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Jessie Ralph, Henry Daniell, and Laura Hope Crews. It grossed $2,842,000. ''Camille'' was included in ''Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Movies'' in 2005. It was also included at #33 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions. Plot Beautiful Marguerite Gautier (Greta Garbo) is a well-known courtesan, living in the Demimonde, demi-monde of mid-19th century Paris. Marguerite's dressmaker and procuress, Prudence Duvernoy (Laura Hope Crews), arranges an assignation at the theatre with a fabulously ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picture Play (magazine)
''Picture Play'', originally titled ''Picture-Play Weekly'' was an American weekly magazine focusing on the film industry. Its first edition was published on April 10, 1915. It eventually transitioned from a weekly to a monthly magazine, before ending its production run, when it continued as '' Your Charm'', in March 1941. History ''Picture-Play Weekly'' began as a weekly magazine on April 10, 1915. By the end of the year it had become a semi-monthly magazine, and its name had changed to ''Picture-Play Magazine'', changed to a monthly format several months later in March 1916. Its next transformation came in May 1927, when it shortened its title and removed the hyphen, taking its final name of ''Picture Play''. Published by Street & Smith, its original editor was Charles Gatchell, who began as a cartoonist, and thereby had a pictorial style. By 1917 it had built up a circulation of over 200,000. Along with ''Photoplay ''Photoplay'' was one of the first American film (another n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camille 1921
Camille may refer to: Fictional entities * a Power Rangers Jungle Fury character * Camille Wallaby, a character in Alfred Hedgehog * a character from ''League of Legends'' video game voiced by Emily O'Brien Films *''Camille (1912 film)'', a short American film directed by Jay Hunt based on Dumas' novel ''La Dame aux camélias'' (''The Lady of the Camellias'') * ''Camille'' (1915 film), an American silent film adapted by Frances Marion, directed by Albert Capellani, starring Clara Kimball Young as Camille and Paul Capellani as Armand * ''Camille'' (1917 film), an American silent film adapted by Adrian Johnson, directed by J. Gordon Edwards, starring Theda Bara as Camille * ''Camille'' (1921 film), an American silent film starring Alla Nazimova as Camille and Rudolph Valentino as Armand * ''Camille'' (1926 feature film), an American silent film adapted by Fred de Gresac and company, directed by Fred Niblo, starring Norma Talmadge as Camille and Gilbert Roland as Armand * ''C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Connelly
Edward Connelly (December 30, 1859 – November 21, 1928) was an American stage and film actor of the silent era. Biography Connelly had a Broadway theater career going back to the Victorian era. His Broadway credits include ''The Wild Duck'' (1918), ''The Great Adventure'' (1913), ''A Good Little Devil'' (1913), ''The Dollar Princess'' (1909), ''Twiddle-Twaddle'' (1906), ''Bird Center'' (1904), ''Babette'' (1903), and ''The Belle of New York'' (1900). Connelly appeared in 69 films between 1914 and 1929. His last film was ''The Desert Law''. He was born in New York, New York and died of influenza in Hollywood, California. He was survived by his wife. Selected filmography * ''A Good Little Devil'' (1914) * '' Shore Acres'' (1914) * ''The Devil'' (1915) * '' The Fall of the Romanoffs'' (1917) * '' A Successful Adventure'' (1918) * ''The First Law'' (1918) * '' The Lion's Den'' (1919) * ''The Red Lantern'' (1919) * ''The Great Victory'' (1919) * ''The World and Its Woma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Orlamond
William Anderson Orlamond (1 August 1867 – 23 April 1957) was a Danish-American film actor. Orlamond appeared in more than 80 films between 1912 and 1938. Partial filmography * ''A Rogue's Romance'' (1919) * ''Elmo the Mighty'' (1919) * ''Stronger Than Death'' (1920) * ''Vanishing Trails'' (1920) * '' Madame Peacock'' (1920) * '' Camille'' (1921) * ''Doubling for Romeo'' (1921) * '' Beating the Game'' (1921) * '' The Sin Flood'' (1922) * '' All the Brothers Were Valiant'' (1923) * '' Souls for Sale'' (1923) * ''Slander the Woman'' (1923) * ''The Eternal Three'' (1923) * ''Slave of Desire'' (1923) * ''The Eagle's Feather'' (1923) * '' Look Your Best'' (1923) * ''The Narrow Street'' (1924) * ''Name the Man'' (1924) * ''Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model'' (1924) * ''The White Moth'' (1924) * '' When a Girl Loves'' (1924) * '' The Wife of the Centaur'' (1924) * ''The Dixie Handicap'' (1924) * ''Boys Will Be Joys'' (1925) * '' Seven Keys to Baldpate'' (1925) * ''Good Cheer'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeffie Tilbury
Zeffie Agnes Lydia Tilbury (20 November 1863 – 24 July 1950) was an English-American actress. profile at Cinemorgue Early years Born in , , England, Tilbury was the only child of the variety performer and John Christian Tilbury, a riding-master and "fashionable 'man about town'" from a comfortably wealthy background, his grandfather, of the Tilbury family firm of London coachbuilders, having created the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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