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Gloria Swanson (right).
Photo: Silent Era low-res collection. |
The Affairs of Anatol
AKA A Prodigal Knight in the United Kingdom
(1921) American
B&W : Nine reels / 8806 feet
Produced (directed) by Cecil B. De Mille (Cecil B. DeMille)
Cast: Wallace Reid [Anatol De Witt ‘Tony’ Spencer], Gloria Swanson [Vivian Spencer], Wanda Hawley [Emilie Dixon], Theodore Roberts [Gordon ‘Kewpie’ Bronson], Elliott Dexter [Max Runyan], Theodore Kosloff [Nazzer Singh], Agnes Ayres [Annie Elliott], Monte Blue [Abner Elliott], Bebe Daniels [Satan Synne], Polly Moran [orchestra leader], Raymond Hatton [Hoffmeier, the violin teacher], Julia Faye [Tibra], Charles Ogle [Dr. Bowles], Winter Hall [Dr. Johnston], Guy Oliver [Spencer’s butler], Ruth Miller [Marie, Spencer’s maid], Lucien Littlefield [Spencer’s valet], Zelma Maja [nurse], Shannon Day [chorus girl], Elinor Glyn [bridge player], Lady Parker [bridge player], William Boyd [guest], Maud Wayne [guest], Fred Huntley [stage manager], Alma Bennett [chorus girl], Jean Acker
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation [A Paramount Picture]. / Produced by Jesse L. Lasky. Scenario by Jeanie Macpherson + [Lorna Moon], from the English language play adaptation by Harley Granville-Barker of the play Anatol by Arthur Schnitzler. Literary assistance by Beulah Marie Dix and Elmer Harris. Production manager Howard Higgin. Art direction (production design) by Paul Iribe. Costume design by Travis Banton. Photographed (cinematography) by Alvin Wyckoff and Karl Struss. Edited by Anne Bauchens. Presented by Jesse L. Lasky. / Released 18 September 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Working title: Five Kisses. [?] Website-IMDb lists the release date as 25 September 1921.
Drama.
Survival Status: Print exists.
Listing updated: 15 August 2007.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Brownlow-Parade p. 267; Everson-American p. 172; Hudson-Swanson pp. 132, 133, 134; Mandelbaum-Screen p. 65; Quirk-Swanson pp. 23, 98, 99, 101, 102; Sweeney-Coming p. 26; Vermilye-Twenties pp. 18, 22, 118; Weaver-Twenty p. 27 : Website-IMDb.
Home Video: DVD.
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