The Affairs Of Anatol (1921)

A newlywed (Wallace Reid) is a sucker for troubled women. On his quest to save every woman down on her luck, he overlooks the one woman who loves him the most, his wife (Gloria Swanson). Based on the play ANATOL by Arthur Schnitzler and directed by Cecil B. DeMille (SAMSON AND DELILAH). A moralistic cinematic lecture courtesy of Cecil B. DeMille, who always loved to put decadence on display before chastising the audience who enjoyed the decadence to take the virtuous path. Reid's protagonist is a self righteous control freak and hypocrite who goes through several negative experiences before he learns his lesson. The film seems somewhat misogynistic in its portrayal of its female characters as tramps and thieves as well as shallow and vain. With Bebe Daniels, Agnes Ayres, Monte Blue, Theodore Roberts and Wanda Hawley.