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Line 18: }} '''''The Affairs of Anatol''''' is a 1921 American [[silent film\|silent]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Cecil B. DeMille]]. Print survival is at the [[Library of Congress]] and as with most surviving DeMille silents [[George Eastman House]].<ref name="silentera">{{cite web \|url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/A/AffairsOfAnatol1921.html \|title=Progressive Silent Film List: The Affairs of Anatol \|accessdate=2008-06-21\|work=Silent Era}}</ref> A print reportedly exists at the Gosfilmofond ~~Russian~~archive in ~~Archive~~Russia. ==Plot== Line 34: * [[Bebe Daniels]] as Satan Synne ==~~Notes~~Background== The screenplay was based on a one act play called ''Anatol'' written by [[Arthur Schnitzler]] in 1893 and translated into English by [[Harley Granville-Barker]]. The play opened in New York City on 14 October 1912 with [[John Barrymore]] in the title role, and ran for 72 performances.<ref>[http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=5136 ''The Affairs of Anatol'' as produced on Broadway, at the Little Theatre, October 14, 1912 to Dec. 1912, 72 performances; IBDb.com]</ref> Like ~~many~~other Swanson films, ''The Affairs of Anatol'' has been recently rediscovered by modern audiences. ~~The~~ Film Preservation Associates copyrighted a version of the film in 1999 with a musical score composed and performed by [[Brian Benison]]. ItThe film was later produced for ~~video~~VHS by [[David Shepard (film preservationist)\|David Shepard]] of FPA with a runtime of 117 minutes, and subsequently issued as a DVD. [[Sam Wood]] apparently created ''[[Don't Tell Everything]]'' (1921), also starring Swanson, Reid, and Dexter, in part from outtakes left over from ''The Affairs of Anatol''.<ref name="silentera">{{cite web \|url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/D/DontTellEverything1921.html \|title=Progressive Silent Film List: Don't Tell Everything \|accessdate=2009-07-05\|work=Silent Era}}</ref> ==References==