La Dame aux Camélias
AKA [Camille], [Bernhardt in Camille]
(1911) French
B&W : Two reels
Directed by [?] André Calmettes and/or Henri Pouctal?

Cast: Sarah Bernhardt [Marguerite Gautier], Lou Tellegen [Armand Duval], Paul Capellani [Sadoul], Charmeroy, Suzanne Seylor, Henri Esfontaines, Henri Pouctal, Pitou

Film d’Art production; distributed by [?] Société Francaise des Filmes et Cinématographes Éclair? / Scenario by Henri Pouctal; from the play and novel La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas (fils). Cinematography by Clément-Maurice [?] (Clément-Maurice Gratioulet)? / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Bernhardt received the equivalent of $30,000 to appear in this film. The film was released in the USA on State Rights basis on 24 February 1912 by Franco-American Film Company.

Drama.

Survival Status: Print exists in the Museum of Modern Art film archive.

Keywords: Authors: Alexandre Dumas

Listing updated: 17 October 2004.

References: Bardèche-History p. 130; Blum-Silent p. 27; Brownlow-Parade p. 344; Card-Seductive p. 83; Leyda-Before p. 61; Menefee-Bernhardt pp. 1, 92; 100-107, 151, 154; Shipman-Cinema p. 43; Tarbox-Lost pp. 95, 96, 209; Thompson-Lost p. ix.