The Battle of the Sexes
The Battle of the Sexes

The Battle of the Sexes (1928)

1928-10-12

(US) •

Drama,

Comedy

The Clash of Love and a Straying Papa!

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Overview

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?

Movie Cast

The Battle of the Sexes

Jean Hersholt

William Judson

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Phyllis Haver

Marie Skinner

The Battle of the Sexes

Belle Bennett

Mrs. Judson

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Sally O'Neil

Ruth, the Daughter

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Don Alvarado

Babe Winsor

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William Bakewell

The Son

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John Batten

Judson's Friend