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Auction History Result 9y0702 CAMILLE LC 1921 Rudolph Valentino furious at Nazimova thinking she betrayed him, ultra rare! Date Sold 10/26/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Movie Lobby Card (LC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) Camille, the 1921 Ray C. Smallwood silent France doomed romance romantic melodrama (based on the story by Alexandre Dumas fils; about the French son of a noble family who is a law student and he falls for a beautiful prostitute; she reforms for him and they live in poverty, but the young man's father feels disgraced, and he convinces the woman to give up his son, and she returns to her former life, and he, not knowing what his father did, meets her publicly and denounces her, but she does not enlighten him, and at the climax, she dies holding a gift he gave her) starring Alla Nazimova (billed as "Nazimova"; as Marguerite Gautier/Camille), Rudolph Valentino, Arthur Hoyt, Patsy Ruth Miller, and Zeffie Tilbury. Note that this classic story was made into a movie many times in the silent days. The most memorable versions are this one, the 1926 version starring Norma Talmadge, and the 1936 sound version starring Greta Garbo. Also note that Alla Nazimova was born Mariam Edez Adelaida Leventon in Russia in 1879. She was a pupil of Stanislavsky (and his "method" style of acting). She became a major stage star there, and came to the United States in the mid-1910s and made eleven movies for Metro in three years. She produced movies that flopped badly, and she returned to the stage, returning to make a very few movies in the 1940s. She is as famous for her off screen behavior as for her on screen behavior! Also note that Rudolph Valentino was still a somewhat lesser star when this movie was made (he would make The Sheik soon after and become a superstar), and he is not given billing on the advertising for this movie, and Nazimova is billed above the title. Nazimova selected him for this part, and the set and costume designer for the movie was Natacha Rambova (really unusual and outrageous designs), and Nazimova introduced Rambova to Valentino and they fell in love and were married! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that ANY movie paper items from this movie are incredibly rare. We have only previously auctioned a handful of stills from this movie (and NO other movie paper of any kind) until we received this lobby card! Also note that we have a scan of both the front and the back of this lobby card, which should greatly help you see what defects it has. Also note that this lobby card has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means the lobby card was backed onto a very light paper backing (acid-free), that keeps the "feel" of the lobby card similar to that of the original lobby card. Some restorers prefer to paperback lobby cards on to a heavy backing, while others prefer to use a very lightweight backing. The advantage of a lightweight backing is that the card still "feels" like a regular lobby card, but a heavier backing makes restoration easier to do and less noticeable. What IS paperbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. The card had darkened. It had been folded down the center, and there was paper loss in the middle of the right blank border and smaller paper loss in the upper left blank border and in the left of the bottom blank border. There was a tiny sliver of paper loss in the center of the top blank border. There were some tiny bits of surface paper loss where the card had been folded down the center. Overall, the lobby card was in good condition prior to paperbacking. The card was well backed, and displays pretty well, but the restorer did not address the darkening, and you can see slight signs of the restoration (see our image). Learn More about condition grades 
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