Camille
by George Cukor
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Actor: Elizabeth Allan, Greta Garbo, Jessie Ralph, Lionel Barrymore, Robert TaylorDirector: George Cukor
Brand: Warner Brothers
Producer: Bernard H. Hyman
Producer: David Lewis
Producer: Irving Thalberg
Writer: Alexandre Dumas fils
Writer: Frances Marion
Writer: James Hilton
Writer: Zoe Akins
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Silent, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 109 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-09-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
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DVD Review: A Garbo Masterpiece
Summary: 5 Stars
"Perhaps it's better if I live in your heart, where the world can't see me. If I'm dead, there'll be no stain on our love." -- Marguerite to Armand
Garbo's most delicate and beautiful performance in a sound film gives viewers a glimpse of the magic so clearly evident to moviegoers in the silent era. Her ethereal vision of loveliness haunts every frame, director George Cukor enhancing the Garbo mystique with this romantic and sumptuous MGM production given the finest talent the studio could muster. Beautiful art direction from Cedric Gibbons and lush photography from William Daniels and Karl Freund place Greta Garbo and Robert Taylor in a netherworld of romance sublime, and tragedy supreme. Screenwriters Zoa Akins, Frances Marion, and James Hilton, the author responsible for Mrs. Miniver and Lost Horizon, may give Garbo the words, but it is the magnificent portrait she paints of an ill young woman living life to the fullest before it passes her by completely which is the anchor holding this ornate ship in place. Once we board this vessel, there is no turning back, Garbo entrancing the viewer as the tragic centerpiece from which we can't take our eyes for a single moment.
Marguerite is the life of every party in 1847 Paris. Recovering after an illness she knows will strike her down before her time, she surrounds herself with the shallow denizens who haunt the parties of Paris. Tasting of life's pleasures with carefree abandon by any means necessary, her bills mount. Garbo is humorous and enchanting from the moment she appears, making us believe in spite of Marguerite's outward frivolity that something tragic exists beneath the facade of champagne and laughter. Jessie Ralph gives a lovely performance as her beloved Nanine, watching out for her Camille with a tender affection. When Armand catches her attention momentarily, he falls immediately in love, while she finds a rich benefactor to foot the bill for her spiraling attempt to go out in style. Taylor gives a solid performance despite critics who have written otherwise, and the greatest adversary Sherlock Holmes ever encountered onscreen, Henry Daniell, is the man keeping her moving almost quickly enough to forget.
Armand may be of less privilege but has more class than those with which she has surrounded herself. He is also more sensitive and loyal, as his father (Lionel Barrymore) will point out in a pivotal moment in the tragedy. Pursuing Marguerite with an innocence only real love can give birth to, she begins to love him as well, stopping just long enough to taste true love for the first time. Being a farm girl in reality, she has little trouble adjusting to country life with Armand, finding happiness greater than her heart can bear. Selling off her jewels unbeknownst to Armand to keep up with debts, he requests his inheritance so they can extend their month of bliss to forever, even if it is not a properly ordained union. A visit from his father will bring about a change in Marguerite he cannot understand. Barrymore is excellent here, making his plea for his son's future a sympathetic one, despite the grave implications to the viewer, who has seen the real love of Marguerite and Armand. Garbo is equally marvelous, as we can almost see and hear her heart breaking when she pushes Armand away and takes a walk up the hill borne of love and sacrifice.
Rex O'Malley has a few very nice moments with Garbo as the sympathetic pal of both she and Armand, Gaston. The final scene of this romantic masterpiece is wildly famous, so it is no spoiler to discuss the magical brush strokes Garbo uses to finish the portrait of a girl hanging on to happiness in its final moments. Her breathless whispers to Nanine and Gaston convey effort and pain in just speaking so realistic, one believes with their heart they are watching the final moments of a life, rather than a film. The joy on Garbo's face when she discovers Armand is outside, waiting to see her, is beautiful. And when she gathers strength so he can remember her as she was, it is heartbreaking. Tender and moving, this story of a girl living what life she has for love and pleasure, and in the process, nearly letting real love pass her by, is Garbo's finest moment on films with sound. Perhaps it is because Garbo's performance is so extraordinary, it is all one remembers, often overshadowing what a handsomely mounted film this truly is. A must see film for Garbo fans for certain, but a beautiful film classic for those with a romantic heart.
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