The Woman Disputed (1928)

Directed by

Sam Taylor, Henry King

Genre

drama film, silent film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Set just before World War I, an Austrian prostitute finds herself caught in a love triangle with two men. Her choices and loyalties are tested by the war and the prejudices of those around her.

melodramaticromantictensedatedsentimentalslow-burntragicemotional

What happens

The Woman Disputed is a 1928 American synchronized sound drama film directed by Henry King and Sam Taylor. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The plot draws in part on the 1880 short story "Boule de Suif" by French writer Guy de Maupassant. Norma Talmadge stars as a good-hearted Austrian prostitute drawn into a romantic triangle on the eve of World War I. Based on a Denison Clift play, the nationalities of the characters had to be adjusted to satisfy official complaints registered with the MPPDA from the German government. This film would be the last film Talmadge made without audible dialogue. After this film was completed she separated from her husband and producer Schenck. Talmadge would spend much of the following year on vocal lessons in preparation for her first talking picture. Talmadge appeared in two talking films. The lackluster response to them forced her into an early retirement. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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