The Lady of the Camellias, sometimes called in English Camille, is a novel by Alexandre Dumas fils. First published in 1848 and subsequently adapted by Dumas for the stage, the play premiered at the Théâtre du Vaudeville in Paris, France, on February 2, 1852. It was an instant success. Shortly thereafter, Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi set about putting the story to music in the 1853 opera La traviata, with female protagonist Marguerite Gautier renamed Violetta Valéry.
Clara Kimball Young was an American film actress who was popular in the early silent film era.
Sir Godfrey Seymour Tearle was a British actor who portrayed the quintessential British gentleman on stage and in both British and US films.
Camille is a 1915 American silent film based on the story La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils, first published in French as a novel in 1848 and as a play in 1852. Adapted for the screen by Frances Marion, Camille was directed by Albert Capellani and starred Clara Kimball Young as Marguerite Gautier and Paul Capellani as her lover, Armand.
Paul Capellani was a noted French silent film actor. His brother was the director Albert Capellani and his nephew the film director Roger Capellani who died May 1940 at the Battle of Dunkirk.
Conway Tearle was an American stage actor who went on to perform in silent and early sound films.
The Easiest Way is a 1917 American silent film starring Clara Kimball Young and directed by Albert Capellani. It is based on a 1909 play, The Easiest Way by Eugene Walter, staged by David Belasco and starred Frances Starr as Laura Murdock. Belasco and Starr revived the play in 1921. It is not known whether the film currently survives.
The Foolish Virgin: A Romance of Today is a 1915 novel by Thomas Dixon, Jr.
My Official Wife is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film by Austrian director Paul L. Stein, and his first American film. It stars Irene Rich and Conway Tearle. It is an adaptation of the 1891 novel My Official Wife by Richard Henry Savage, but the storyline was updated to include World War I.
Enemies of Society is a 1927 American silent film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Conway Tearle, Margaret Morris and Frankie Darro. It is also known by the alternative title of Moulders of Men.
The Forbidden Woman is a 1920 American silent drama film produced and directed by Harry Garson and starring Clara Kimball Young.
The Common Law is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Corinne Griffith and Conway Tearle. Based upon the novel of the same name by Robert William Chambers, the film was produced and released by Selznick Pictures Corporation.
Flirting with Love is a 1924 American silent comedy drama film directed by John Francis Dillon and starring Colleen Moore, Conway Tearle, and Winifred Bryson. It is based upon the short story "Counterfeit" by Leroy Scott.
The Common Law is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Albert Capellani and starring Clara Kimball Young, Conway Tearle, and Paul Capellani. It was made at Fort Lee and distributed by the newly formed Selznick Pictures. Shortly afterwards the company switched production to Hollywood.
The Price She Paid is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Charles Giblyn and starring Clara Kimball Young, Louise Beaudet and Alan Hale. It was shot at Lewis J. Selznick's Fort Lee studios in New Jersey.
Magda is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Emile Chautard and starring Clara Kimball Young, Alice Gale, and Valda Valkyrien. It is based on the play Heimat by Hermann Sudermann.
The Marionettes is a 1918 American silent comedy film directed by Émile Chautard and starring Clara Kimball Young, Nigel Barrie, and Alec B. Francis.
The Feast of Life is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Albert Capellani and starring Clara Kimball Young. It was distributed by the World Film Company.
The Claw is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Robert G. Vignola and starring Clara Kimball Young, Milton Sills, and Jack Holt.
