| Camille | |
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| Directed by | Fred Niblo |
| Produced by | Norma Talmadge |
| Written by | Alexandre Dumas, fils (novel La dame aux Camelias) Fred De Gresac (adaptation) Olga Printzlau (scenario) Chandler Sprague (scenario) George Marion, Jr. (intertitles) |
| Starring | Norma Talmadge |
| Music by | William Axt David Mendoza Major Edward Bowes |
| Cinematography | Oliver T. Marsh |
| Distributed by | First National Pictures |
| Release date(s) | September 4, 1927 |
| Running time | 9 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent film(English intertitles) |
Camille (1927) is a silent film based on the 1852 novel and play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The film was adapted by Fred De Gresac, George Marion Jr., Olga Printzlau and Chandler Sprague, directed by Fred Niblo, and starred Norma Talmadge, Gilbert Roland, and Lilyan Tashman. It was produced by the Norma Talmadge Film Corporation and released by First National Pictures. The film's score was composed by William Axt.
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There are no known copies of this film extant — or at least in circulation — so it is thought to be a lost film. However, the Douris Corporation reportedly has three double reels of 35mm nitrate film, which may be the complete film. Clips are available from Archive Films, but the film has never been released to video or television. (Source: IMDB)
Also in 1926, a 33-minute "home movie" version of Camille was filmed by artist Ralph Barton, featuring Charlie Chaplin, Paul Robeson, Aileen Pringle, Richard Barthelmess, lawyer Clarence Darrow, and writers Anita Loos, George Jean Nathan, Sinclair Lewis, Theodore Dreiser, and Somerset Maugham. This home movie version was released on the Warner Home Video DVD of Chaplin's A Woman of Paris (1923) and A King in New York (1957) as a special feature.
