Camille (1936 film)

Camille
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Directed by	George Cukor
Written by	James Hilton Zoë Akins Frances Marion
Based on	La Dame aux Camélias 1852 novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils
Produced by	Irving Thalberg Bernard H. Hyman
Starring	Greta Garbo Robert Taylor Lionel Barrymore
Cinematography	William H. Daniels Karl Freund
Edited by	Margaret Booth
Music by	Herbert Stothart Edward Ward
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's Inc.
Release date	December 12, 1936 (1936-12-12)
Running time	109 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,486,000[1][2]
Box office	$2,842,000[2]

Camille is a 1936 American romantic drama film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer directed by George Cukor, and produced by Irving Thalberg and Bernard H. Hyman, from a screenplay by James Hilton, Zoë Akins, and Frances Marion.^[3] The picture is based on the 1848 novel and 1852 play La dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The film stars Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Jessie Ralph, Henry Daniell, and Laura Hope Crews. It grossed $2,842,000.^[1]

Camille was included in Time magazine's "All-Time 100 Movies" in 2005.^[4] It was also included at #33 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions. Garbo received her third Best Actress nomination for Camille at the 10th Academy Awards in 1938.