Dumas’, fils’s La Dame aux Camélias does not have a picnic episode.
Roy C. Smallwood’s Camille makes a lover’s picnic a set piece. According to Smallwood’s narrative logic, while Marguerite (the Lady of the Camélias) is recovering from tuberculosis, a spring picnic with her lover Armand helps restore her health. The film’s screen legend tells the obvious: “Love is the greatest doctor.”
Featured Image: Alla Nazimova is Marguerite, and Rudolph Valentino is Armand