The Affairs of Anatol adventure clasic A newly-rich taxi driver places

A newly-rich taxi driver places his daughter in the same school

down on their luck and about to lose the roofs over their heads - and freshly fired from their low-lift jobs as house cleaners - the pair needs a huge windfall to make their problems go away

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When he brings her home to meet the parents

Along the way we find out about the Canada/US/Russian old-timers' tournament

The Affairs of Anatol adventure clasic A newly-rich taxi driver placesCecil B. DeMille directed this risque all star revue of decadence which must have been jaw dropping in 1921 and which remains astonishing today, although for entirely different reasons. Anatol de Witt Spencer (Wallace Reid), as incredibly wealthy as he is naive, and his child like bride, Vivian (Gloria Swanson), are on their honeymoon. At a posh speakeasy he spies his high school sweetheart, Emilie (Wanda Hawley), from Pompton Lakes, New Jersey