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Camille Overview:

Camille (1936) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by George Cukor and produced by Irving Thalberg, Bernard H. Hyman and David Lewis.

The film was based on the novel The Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux camélias) and also Stage Play written by Alexandre Dumas, fils published in 1848 (novel); Dec 24, 1917 - Feb 1918 (play performed at Empire Theatre, NY).

SYNOPSIS

Garbo stars as a beautiful courtesan destroyed by her love for a young French nobleman. Based on the story by Alexandre Dumas. There were three silent versions and a '70s remake, but this is definitive, for both the story and our enduring memory of Garbo.

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

Academy Awards 1937 --- Ceremony Number 10 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best ActressGreta GarboNominated
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Camille BlogHub Articles:

Twelve Shorts for the Shortest Month #1: Camille (2009)

By John Grant on Feb 1, 2020 From Noirish

Italy / 20 minutes / color / Sputnik Dir & Scr: Piero Costantini Pr: Albertina Passoni, Ado Costantini, Piero Costantini, Eleonora Cardellini Story: Eleonora Cardellini Cine: Blasco Giurato Cast: Laura Nardi, Amandio Pinheiro, Jacopo Robortella, Cristian Giammarini A remarkably spooky while at ... Read full article

Camille "a la" Nazimova - Chapter 2

By Inge Gregusch on Aug 19, 2013 From Creme de la Creme

IN PART ONE: Law student Armand Duval (Rudolph Valentino) met Parisian courtesan Marguerite Gautier, (Alla Nazimova) and was instantly attracted to her. At her post Opera party, he was horrified by the hangers-on with whom she surrounded herself, as well as by the serious illness she attempted to ... Read full article

Camille (1936)

By Beatrice on Jul 22, 2013 From Flickers in Time

Camille Directed by George Cukor 1936/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer First viewing #99 of 1001 Films You Must See Before You Die I wasn’t particularly looking forward to this but it won me over almost immediately.  I wonder whether Garbo was ever lovelier or more appealing than in MGM’s glos... Read full article

Camille 'a la' Nazimova

By Inge Gregusch on Jul 11, 2013 From Creme de la Creme

In 1921, Alla Nazimova teamed up with Natacha Rambova to film a modern dress version of 'La Dame aux camelias' by Alexandre Dumas fils. Nazimova had been a smash hit on Broadway, starring in Ibsen's 'A Doll's House' and 'Hedda Gabler', even having a theatre named after her. Rambova, (born Winifre... Read full article

Camille(1936).

By Dawn Sample on Oct 23, 2012 From Noir and Chick Flicks

Camille(1936). Director: George Cukor. Produced: Irving Thalberg and Bernard H. Hyman, from a screenplay by James Hilton, Zoe Akins and Frances Marion. The picture is based on the 1852 novel and play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils. Cast: Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, ... Read full article

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Camille Quotes:

Armand: Then you do love him. Dare to tell me that you love him. You're free of me forever.
Marguerite: [Armand grabs her] I love him.
Marguerite: It's hard to believe that there's such happiness in this world.
Armand: Marguerite. Now you've put tears on my hand. Why?
Marguerite: You will never love me thirty years. No one will.
Armand: I'll love you all my life. I know that now. All my life.
[They kiss]
Armand: I accepted her favors because I thought she loved me. I had her make sacrifices for me when there were others who had more to give. But bear witness, I owe her nothing. Take it, come on, take it! Buy camellias, buy diamonds, horses and carriages, buy moonlight, buy a grave!
Armand: Don't you believe in love, Marguerite?
Marguerite: I don't think I know what it is.
Armand: Oh, thank you.
Marguerite: For what?
Armand: For never having been in love.
Marguerite: I always look well when I'm near death.
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Camille Facts
The play originally opened in Paris on 2 February 1852. Alexandre Dumas fils based the character Marguerite on a woman with whom he had an affair for 11 months. She died when she was 23. The movie inspired Milton Benjamin to write and publish a song in 1936 called "I'll Love Like Robert Taylor, Be My Greta Garbo".
Greta Garbo's personal favorite of all her films.
The film had its world premier at the Plaza Theater on Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs, California on 12 December 1936, which also was the grand opening night of the theater. Robert Taylor was in attendance at the gala.
Greta Garbo wore bedroom slippers under all her fancy dresses so she could be comfortable, as well as more naturalistic in her acting.
Film debut of Joan Leslie.
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