Camille (1936)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.6/10   

Director:

George Cukor

Escritores:

Alexandre Dumas fils (novel)
Zoe Akins (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

1 enero 1937 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Romance

Frase comercial:

You who are so young--where can you have learned all you know about women like me?

Plot:

A Parisian courtesan must choose between the young man who loves her and the callous baron who wants her, even as her own health begins to fail.

Plot Keywords:

Love | Paris | Courtesan | Terminal Illness | Melancholy

Premios:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Typical Garbo vehicle...richly detailed romantic drama...

Reparto

Greta Garbo	...	Marguerite Gautier
Robert Taylor	...	Armand Duval
Lionel Barrymore	...	Monsieur Duval
Elizabeth Allan	...	Nichette, the Bride
Jessie Ralph	...	Nanine, Marguerite's Maid
Henry Daniell	...	Baron de Varville
Lenore Ulric	...	Olympe
Laura Hope Crews	...	Prudence Duvernoy
Rex O'Malley	...	Gaston

También conocida como:

La dama de las camelias (Argentina) (Venezuela) [es]
Margarita Gautier (Spain) [es]

Duración:

109 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Clasificación:

Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #2825)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Compañía:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivialidades:

The play originally opened in Paris on 2 February 1852. Alexandre Dumas fils based the character Marguerite on a woman with whom he had an affair for 11 months. She died when she was 23. The movie inspired Milton Benjamin to write and publish a song in 1936 called "I'll Love Like Robert Taylor, Be My Greta Garbo".

Errores:

Continuidad: Prudence raises her left hand to her cigar, but removes it from her mouth with the right hand.

Citas:

Marguerite): I shall love Armand always. And I believe he shall love me always too.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Sunset Tuxedo (2004)

Banda de Sonido:

I'll Love Like Robert Taylor Be My Greta Garbo

Typical Garbo vehicle...richly detailed romantic drama...

Most Greta Garbo fans rank this as her finest work--and it probably is. Not only is she highly competent in the title role, but the supporting cast shines just as brightly--everyone from Laura Hope Crewes to Henry Daniell to Lionel Barrymore. And Robert Taylor is the ideal romantic hero at the peak of his darkly handsome good looks. He and Garbo make a wonderful pair.

George Cukor's direction is full of richly observed details of behavior, never flinching from the occasional coarseness of the characters. All of the technical work is above reproach and those familiar with the story of the Lady of the Camelias will not be disappointed. Lionel Barrymore makes a brief but effective appearance midway through the film. His scene with Garbo is delicately played and gives added credence to Garbo's nobility in letting her lover go.

Biggest drawback is the film's pace--some editing may have helped--but the final result is still impressive.