The Battle of the Sexes (1928)

The Battle of the Sexes (1928)

The Clash of Love and a Straying Papa! 1928-10-12 United States of America 88 Min. PG-13
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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?

Cast

Jean Hersholt is William Judson
William Judson
Phyllis Haver is Marie Skinner
Marie Skinner
Belle Bennett is Mrs. Judson
Mrs. Judson
Sally O'Neil is Ruth, the Daughter
Ruth, the Daughter
Don Alvarado is Babe Winsor
Babe Winsor
John Batten is Judson's Friend
Judson's Friend