Enchantment

In Robert G. Vignola’s 'Enchantment', the Jazz Age’s nascent rebellion is distilled into the mercurial whims of Ethel Hoyt, a socialite whose vanity is as expansive as her father’s patience is thin. Fed up with her superficiality, the patriarch orchestrates a theatrical intervention, commissioning a professional actor to embody a rugged, primitive masculinity—a 'gentlemanly cave man'—intended to shock her into domestic submission. This cinematic reimagining of Shakespearean dynamics becomes a visually sumptuous battle of wits, where the artifice of the stage bleeds into reality, questioning whether the 'shrew' is truly tamed or simply finds a more captivating performance to inhabit. The film serves as a decadent showcase for Marion Davies, blending the opulence of Joseph Urban’s set designs with a satirical critique of the flapper’s ephemeral world.