Artcraft Collection
The Affairs of Anatol
Available Formats
DCP
Music
Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra
About the Film
The last of the Gloria Swanson silents directed by Cecil B. DeMille is a star-studded gluttonous treat for the eyes, its lavish sets and opulent costumes by DeMille regulars Paul Iribe and Clare West. The New York Times said it gestured when they called it “a magnificent puppet show, legitimately and logistically excessive in every way.”
About the Restoration
The Affairs of Anatol was a 1921 Paramount production based on a one-act play by Arthur Schnitzler, Anatol (1893). Robert Harris of the Film Preserve and James Mockoski of Maltese Film Works working together as Artcraft Pictures, restored the film in 2025, emulating the beautiful original Handschiegl color.
Restoration Partners
Film Preserve Ltd.
Maltese Film Works
San Francisco Silent Film Festival
Details
Director
Cecil B. DeMille
Country
United States
Year
1921
Runtime
120 min
Cast
Gloria Swanson, Wallace Reid, Bebe Daniels, Elliott Dexter, Wanda Hawley, Theodore Roberts, Agnes Ayres, and Monte Blue
Production Company
Famous Players Lasky Corporation
Intertitle Language
English
Restored in
2025
