Underplayed Gems

The Battle of the Sexes (1928)

The Battle of the Sexes poster
Directed by
D. W. Griffith
Genre
comedy film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A married man is tempted by a younger woman, leading to conflict and consequences for his family. The story is based on a novel about romantic entanglements and moral choices.

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What happens

The Battle of the Sexes is a 1928 American synchronized sound comedy film directed by D. W. Griffith. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score, singing and sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The film starred Jean Hersholt, Phyllis Haver, Belle Bennett, Don Alvarado, and Sally O'Neil. It was released by United Artists. The film is a remake by Griffith of an earlier film he directed in 1914 which starred Lillian Gish. Both films are based on the novel The Single Standard by Daniel Carson Goodman; the story was adapted for this production by Gerrit J. Lloyd. The film was recorded using the Movietone sound-on-film system but discs were made for those theatres that only had equipment to play sound-on-disc sound films. In 2004, the film was released on DVD by Image Entertainment without its original soundtrack. The theme song of the motion picture, "Just a Sweetheart", by Dave Dryer, Josef Pasternack, and Nathaniel Shilkret (recorded versions of which are available, for example, on a commercially issued Paul Whiteman CD) was omitted from the DVD. A completely modern score was substituted which bears no resemblance to the original score. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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