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The Affairs of Anatol (1921)

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Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: DeMille's main production of 1920 was "suggested" by Schnitzler's play ANATOL (Schnitzler's "Traumnoville" was made into EYES WIDE SHUT by Stanley Kubrick) and boasted a large budget and big name... DeMille's main production of 1920 was "suggested" by Schnitzler's play ANATOL (Schnitzler's "Traumnoville" was made into EYES WIDE SHUT by Stanley Kubrick) and boasted a large budget and big name stars. ANATOL tells the story of Anatol Spencer and his young wife Vivian. Anatol a wealthy philanderer with a penchant for fallen women, one of whom, the aptly named Satan Synne, educates Anatol in the beautiful depravity of the jazz age. [More]

Starring: Wallace Reid, Gloria Swanson, Elliott Dexter, Bebe Daniels

Starring: Wallace Reid, Gloria Swanson, Elliott Dexter, Bebe Daniels, Monte Blue, Wanda Hawley, Theodore Roberts, Agnes Ayres, Theodore Kosloff, Polly Moran, Raymond Hatton, Julia Faye, Winter Hall

Director: Cecil B. DeMille

Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Producer: Cecil B. DeMille
Screenwriter: Howard Barker, Beulah Marie Dix, Elmer Harris, Jeanie Macpherson, Lorna Moon
Story: Arthur Schnitzler

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  • The Master of Spectacle, Cecil B. De Mille, directed this risque all-star revue of decadence which must have been jaw-dropping in 1921 and remains astonishing today. Anatol de Witt Spencer (Wallace Reid), as incredibly wealthy as he is naive, and his child-like bride Vivian (Gloria Swanson) are on their honeymoon. At a posh speakeasy he spies his high school sweetheart, who is obviously the sex toy of flamboyant old Gordon Bronson . To Vivian's dismay, idealistic Anatol decides to rescue the seductive Emilie, but soon she goes back to Bronson. The cycle begins again when Anatol tries to save another wayward woman from her life of sin before finally succumbing himself to the ways of the flesh. In "The Affairs of Anatol," not only does DeMille show women smoking, drinking (during Prohibition), exposing body parts seldom before seen on a movie screen, and frankly pursuing men who attract them; he also presents this debauchery with amazing visual flair. With film design by Erte, De Mille clearly meant "The Affairs of Anatol" to be as much a decorative as a dramatic feast. The film is digitally mastered from an elaborate original print featuring hand coloring, stencil coloring, and dozens of changes in color tint and tone, in itself a striking work of art.
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