Camille is an American romantic drama film directed by George Cukor and produced by 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. The film stars Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Jessie Ralph, Henry Daniell, and Laura Hope Crews. It grossed $2,842,000. The film inspired Milton Benjamin to write and publish a song called "I'll Love Like Robert Taylor, Be My Greta Garbo". Camille was included in Time Magazine's... All-Time 100 Movies in 2005. It was also included at #33 in AFI's 100 Years 100 Passions. Portions of the film, including the final scene, are featured in the 1982 musical film Annie after the number "Let's Go To The Movies." The film tells of Marguerite Gauthier . She's born into a lower class family, but in time becomes the well known Dame Camille living in high society in Paris.
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| Release date: | December 12, 1936 |
| Directed by: | George Cukor |
| Runtime: | 109 Minutes |
| Producer: | Irving Thalberg |
| Editor: | Margaret Booth |
| Cinematography: | William H. Daniels, Karl Freund |
| Screenplay by: | Zoe Akins, Frances Marion, James Hilton |
| Estimated budget: | $1,486,000 |
| Adapted from: | The Lady of the Camellias |