This film features possibly the most bizarre cast ever assembled for any film ever made. The film is very loosely based on Alexander Dumas' Camille. However, it's really nothing more than a home movie of many actors, artists, celebrities, and writers mugging for the camera. Title cards link the scenes depicted to the story of Camille in both English and French. Sherwood Anderson, Ethel Barrymore, Richard Barthelmess, Charles Chaplin, Clarence Darrow, Theodore Dreiser, Dorothy Gish, Rex Ingram, Sinclair Lewis, Anita Loos, W. Somerset Maugham, H.L. Mencken, Patsy Ruth Miller, Aileen Pringle, Max Reinhardt, Paul Robeson, and Roland Young are just some of the figures who appear in the film. The film is not entertainment as much as it is simply a historical record of these individuals who contributed much to American cultural history. ** of 4 stars.
Review of Camille
