''Camille'' is a 1926 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 by

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, Olga Printzlau, and Chandler Sprague, ''Camille'' was a directed by Fred Niblo and starred Norma Talmadge as Camille and Gilbert Roland as her lover, Armand. It was produced by the Norma Talmadge Film Corporation and released by

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. The film's score was composed by

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Preservation status

An incomplete

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positive print exists in the Raymond Rohauer collection of the Cohen Media Group, according to silentera.com.

Cast

* Norma Talmadge – Marguerite Gautier, Camille * Gilbert Roland – Armand * Lilyan Tashman – Olympe * Rose Dione – Prudence *

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– Count de Varville * Harvey Clark – The Baaron * Helen Jerome Eddy – Camille's maid *

Alec B. Francis Alec B. Francis (born Alec Francis Budd, 2 December 1867 – 6 July 1934) was an English actor, largely of the silent era. He appeared in more than 240 films between 1911 and 1934. Biography Francis was born in Suffolk, England. He studied law ...

– the Duke * Albert Conti – Henri * Michael Visaroff – Camille's Father * Evelyn Selbie – Camille's Mother *

Etta Lee Etta Lee (September 12, 1906 – October 27, 1956) was an American silent film actress, known for supporting roles. Early life Lee was born on September 12, 1906, in Kauai, Hawaii. Her father was a Chinese medical doctor and her mother was of ...

– Mataloti *

Maurice Costello Maurice George Costello (February 22, 1877 – October 29, 1950) was a prominent American vaudeville actor of the late 1890s and early 1900s who later played a principal role in early American films as leading man, supporting player, and director ...

– Armand's father

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