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The Battle of the Sexes

Name: The Battle of the Sexes
Director: D.W. Griffith
Released: 1928
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Belle Bennett, Don Alvarado, Jean Hersholt, John Batten, Rolfe Sedan

1928D.W. GriffithIMDb: 6.5/10

Synopsis

Gum-chewing frizzy-haired gold-digger 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.

Director

D.W. Griffith

Cast

John Batten

Phyllis Haver

Harry Semels

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The Battle of the Sexes (1928) Review: Phyllis Haver Steals the Show

The Verdict: A Late-Period Griffith Curio Worth Watching for the VillainyD.W. Griffith’s 1928 version of The Battle of the Sexes is a film that feels caught between two worlds. On ...

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The Battle of the Sexes

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65%Popularity57%

#348Archive Rank#712

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The Battle of the Sexes FAQ

The movie The Battle of the Sexes was directed by D.W. Griffith.

The Battle of the Sexes was released in the year 1928.

The Battle of the Sexes has an IMDb rating of 6.5 out of 10.

The Battle of the Sexes is a movie from United States.

The Battle of the Sexes is categorised as Comedy in the cult cinema archive at Dbcult.

The Battle of the Sexes features John Batten, Phyllis Haver, Harry Semels, Belle Bennett.

The screenplay for The Battle of the Sexes was written by Daniel Carson Goodman, Gerrit J. Lloyd.

If you enjoy The Battle of the Sexes, you might also like Home, Sweet Home (1914), The Birth of a Nation (1915), The Great Love (1918), Hearts of the World (1918).

Yes, The Battle of the Sexes (1928) is featured in the Dbcult archive as a curated cult cinema title, known for its Comedy qualities.