''The Lover of Camille'' is a 1924 American silent romantic drama film directed by

Harry Beaumont Harry Beaumont (10 February 1888 – 22 December 1966) was an American film director, actor, and screenwriter. He worked for a variety of production companies including 20th Century Fox, Fox, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, Goldwyn, Metro Picture ...

, and starring Monte Blue. The film was based on the French play '' Deburau'' by Sacha Guitry, which was also adapted into a Broadway play by

Harley Granville-Barker Harley Granville-Barker (25 November 1877 – 31 August 1946) was an English actor, director, playwright, manager, critic, and theorist. After early success as an actor in the plays of George Bernard Shaw, he increasingly turned to directi ...

Plot

As described in a review in a film magazine, Jean Gaspard Deburau (Blue), the clown of a pantomime theatre in Paris, is the idol of the populace. In a box is an attractive woman who waits for him after the show. Immediately he falls in love with her. After a time he return to find his own wife has left him for his friend Robillard (Lewis). To the woman, Marie (Prevost), Deburau’s love has been but a passing thing, and returning to her he finds her in the arms of a wealthy fellow, Armand (Miller). Disillusioned, he quits the stage, finding a little happiness in his son Charles. Years pass, Deburau clings to the idea Marie will return, and finally she does, broken in health, telling him Armand has left her. She pleads that he return to the stage, 111 °F with fever, she becomes delirious and Deburau marries her while she thinks he is Armand. At the first performance he breaks down because of his sorrow, and Marie dies. Hiding his broken heart, he dresses his son as the clown and finds some happiness in seeing him acclaimed by the populace.

Cast

Preservation

A print of ''The Lover of Camille'' is preserved at the Filmarchiv Austria (Wien).The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''The Lover of Camille''
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* * 1924 films 1924 romantic drama films 1920s biographical drama films American romantic drama films American biographical drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films based on works by Sacha Guitry Films directed by Harry Beaumont Warner Bros. films American films based on plays Biographical films about actors Films set in the 1840s Films set in Paris 1920s American films Silent romantic drama films Silent American drama films {{silent-romantic-drama-film-stub