The Battle of the Sexes (1928)

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88 min - Comedy - 1928 (Germany)

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Gum-chewing frizzy-haired golddigger Marie Skinner cooks up a scheme with her lover Babe Winsor, a jazz hound... See full summary »

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Cast

Complete credited cast:
	Jean Hersholt	...	William Judson - the Father
	Phyllis Haver	...	Marie Skinner
	Belle Bennett	...	Mrs. Judson - the Mother
	Sally O'Neil	...	Ruth Judson - the Daughter
	Don Alvarado	...	Babe Winsor
	William Bakewell	...	Billy Judson - the Son
	John Batten	...	Friend of the Judsons

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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? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>

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The Clash of Love and a Straying Papa! See more »

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1928 (Germany) See more »

Also Known As:

Frauen sind schamlos See more »

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Feature Productions, Art Cinema Corporation See more »

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Runtime:

88 min (2004 alternate version)

Sound Mix:

Mono (MovieTone) (music and sound effects) | Silent

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Black and White

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1.20 : 1

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Adela Rogers St. Johns published a book entitled "The Single Standard" in 1928, the same year this movie was released. It is not known if this book is related to the movie in any way. See more »

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Continuity: When Marie is at the barber shop, and Judson leaves his chair, she asks a man to pick up the newspaper to read Judson's news about his recent deal. After reading the news, she looks at Judson, and then the scene switches to be seen from other angle, where you can see that Marie is asking the man to pick up the newspaper again. See more »

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Opening Dialogue Card: The battle of the sexes - always being fought and never being won.
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Version of The Battle of the Sexes (1914) See more »

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"Just a Sweetheart"
(1928)
Music and Lyrics by Joe Pasternak, Nathaniel Shilkret and Dave Dreyer
Theme song from "The Battle of the Sexes" (1928)
Published by Irving Berlin Inc. See more »

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