The Battle of the Sexes (1928)
Gum-chewing frizzy-haired golddigger Marie Skinner cooks up a scheme with her lover Babe Winsor, a jazz hound, to fleece a portly middle-aged real estate tycoon, William Judson. Marie moves into Judson's apartment building and contrives to meet and seduce him, plying him with compliments, music, swoons, décolletage, and batted eyes. When his loyal wife (and their two children) see him out catting with Marie at a night club, mom's devastated and confronts him. He moves out. Babe wants Marie to sell Judson worthless bonds. Will mom commit suicide? Will sis shoot the floozy? Will pops figure out he's being a fool?
Director:
D.W. Griffith
Writer:
Gerrit J. Lloyd
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Jean Hersholt as William Judson |
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Phyllis Haver as Marie Skinner |
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Belle Bennett as Mrs. Judson |
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Sally O'Neil as Ruth, the Daughter |
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Don Alvarado as Babe Winsor |
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William Bakewell as The Son |
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John Batten as Judson's Friend |
| Writing | Gerrit J. Lloyd | Screenplay |
| Directing | D.W. Griffith | Director |
| Production | D.W. Griffith | Producer |
| Writing | Daniel Carson Goodman | Story |
| Camera | Billy Bitzer | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Hugo Riesenfeld | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Nathaniel Shilkret | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Karl Struss | Director of Photography |
| Editing | James Smith | Editor |
