Underplayed Gems

The Woman Disputed (1928)

The Woman Disputed poster
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
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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.

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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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