The Affairs of Anatol 1921  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Wallace Reid, Gloria Swanson, Elliott Dexter, Bebe Daniels, Monte Blue, Theodore Roberts, Theodore Kosloff, Polly Moran, Raymond Hatton, William Boyd
Loose lifestyles following World War I are the subject of this film about a bored husband Anatol DeWitt Spencer (Wallace Reid) who has numerous affairs while his wife, Vivian (Gloria Swanson), finds a lover of her own.
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Don't Change Your Husband 1919  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Gloria Swanson, Elliott Dexter, Lew Cody, Sylvia Ashton, Theodore Roberts, Julia Faye, Irving Cummings, James Neill, Ted Shawn
Leila (Gloria Swanson) is frustrated with husband James' (Elliott Dexter) sloppy habits and workaholic attitude. So, she divorces him and marries playboy Schuyler (Lew Cody) who turns out to be a two-timer. Now, she tries to woo her ex-husband back.
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Male and Female 1919 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Gloria Swanson, Thomas Meighan, Lila Lee, Theodore Roberts, Raymond Hatton, Mildred Reardon, Bebe Daniels, Robert Cain, Julia Faye, Rhy Darby
Members of a shipwreck survive because they forget class distinctions and work as a unit; however, when they finally return to England all the old biases return. Watch for the scene in which a lion's paw rests on a woman's shoulder–one of the most memorable of Cecil B. DeMille's scenes.
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Miss Lulu Bett 1921 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William C. DeMille
Cast: Lois Wilson, Milton Sills, Theodore Roberts, Helen Ferguson, Mabel Van Buren, Mae Giraci, Clarence Burton, Ethel Wales, Taylor Graves, Charles Ogle
Beauty contest winner Lois Wilson takes on the role of plain Lulu Bett in this film directed by Cecil B. DeMille's brother. Lulu lives in the home of her sister (Helen Ferguson) and her sister's husband (Theodore Roberts). Lulu becomes tired of being treated poorly in the household and begins a transformation into a self-assured woman who finds her own life. Based on a novel by Zona Gale.
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Old Wives for New 1918 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Elliott Dexter, Sylvia Ashton, Florence Vidor, Helen Jerome Eddy, Wanda Hawley, Theodore Roberts, Marcia Manon, Julia Faye, J. Parks Jones, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Tully Marshall, Edna Mae Cooper
Charles (Elliott Dexter) grows tired of his overweight, lazy wife Sophy (Sylvia Ashton) and looks for a new woman. He falls for Juliet (Florence Vidor), but when Juliet becomes involved in a murder case, Charles dumps her and eventually marries Viola (Marcia Manon), who leaves him for his personal secretary. Eventually, Charles returns to Sophy who takes him in.
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 The Ten Commandments 1923  N/R, 146 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Theodore Roberts, Charles de Rochefort, Estelle Taylor, James Neill, Richard Dix, Leatrice Joy, Julia Faye, Rod La Rocque, Nita Naldi, Noble Johnson
This very successful silent film is an early version of the Biblical story of Moses leading the children of Israel out of Egypt and bondage. Several scenes, including the parting of the Red Sea, are shot in two-color Technicolor.
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| 1. The Affairs of Anatol (1921)
2. Don't Change Your Husband (1919)
3. Joan the Woman (1916)
4. Male and Female (1919)
5. Miss Lulu Bett (1921)
6. Old Wives for New (1918)
7. The Ten Commandments (1923)
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