Camille (1917 film)

Camille is a 1917 American silent drama film based on the 1852 novel and play La Dame aux Camlias by Alexandre Dumas, fils, adapted by Adrian Johnson, directed by J. Gordon Edwards, and starring Theda Bara as Marguerite Gauthier.

As described in a film magazine, Armand Duval Roscoe, a son in the proud but poor house of Duval, loves Camille Bara, a notorious Parisian beauty. His love for Camille means that his sister Celeste Whitney cannot marry the man she loves, so the father goes to Camille and begs her to give Armand up, which she does. This arouses the anger of Armand and he denounces her one evening in public. The Count de Varville Law challenges Armand to a duel which he wins, wounding Armand in the arm. Believing Camille no longer loves him, Armand does not go to see her. One day his father tells him that Camille is dying. He goes to her and, after a few words, she dies in the arms of her lover.Like many American films of the time, Camille was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors issued an Adults Only permit, cut two long gambling sequences were money was on the table and flashed all other gambling scenes, and cut the two intertitles That woman once favored me when I was poor, now that I am rich bear witness that I pay and You are here because you are selfish and make a sale of your love to the highest bidder. ........

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