The Battle of the Sexes 1928

Synopsis:

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?

Directed by: D.W. Griffith
Written by: Gerrit J. Lloyd
Runtime: 88 minutes
Tagline: The Clash of Love and a Straying Papa!
Cast:
Jean Hersholt
Jean Hersholt
William Judson 
Phyllis Haver
Phyllis Haver
Marie Skinner 
Belle Bennett
Belle Bennett
Mrs. Judson 
Sally O'Neil
Sally O'Neil
Ruth, the Daughter 
Don Alvarado
Don Alvarado
Babe Winsor 
William Bakewell
William Bakewell
The Son 
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Also known as:
  • L'Éternel Problème