Desc: La signora delle camelie: Directed by Baldassarre Negroni. With Hesperia, Alberto Collo, Ida Carloni Talli, Alfonso Cassini. Marguerite Gauthier, known as Camille, is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acquiesces and leaves her lover. However, when poverty and terminal illness overwhelm her, Camille discovers that Armand has not lost his love for her.