The Affairs of Anatol (1921) on Netflix
Socialite Anatol Spencer finds his marriage to Vivian lackluster and looks for excitement. At a nightclub he runs into old flame Emilie Dixon, whom he wants to rescue from her city life.
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Plot summary
Anatol Spencer, a socialite, sets out in search of a better relationship than the one he has with his wife Vivian, and the search takes him to Emilie Dixon, the friend of his youth and an old flame he bumps into at a nightclub. Emilie's city life has been enabled by the theatrical backer Gordon Bronson, and Anatol promises to rescue her from it. He talks her into discarding the jewelry Bronson gave her and sets her up in an apartment of her own, but he refuses to give up Vivian in exchange. Emilie invites Bronson and several guests to a party in the apartment, and Anatol hears of it.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Affairs of Anatol (1921)
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- Leftover footage from The Affairs of Anatol was recycled into another film: Sam Wood apparently made Don't Tell Everything (1921), also starring Gloria Swanson, Wallace Reid, and Elliott Dexter, in part from this film's outtakes.
