The Battle of the Sexes (1928 film)

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comedy-drama film feature film silent film

The Battle of the Sexes (1928 film) is a silent comedy-drama directed by D. W. Griffith that explores marital infidelity and gender conflict in late-1920s American society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comedy-drama film ⓘ
feature film ⓘ
silent film ⓘ
basedOn The Battle of the Sexes (1914 film) ⓘ
cinematographyBy George Barnes ⓘ
Karl Struss ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creativeDirector D. W. Griffith ⓘ
director D. W. Griffith ⓘ
distributor United Artists ⓘ
era Pre-Code Hollywood ⓘ
surface form: pre-Code Hollywood
explores tension between traditional marriage and modern flapper culture ⓘ
filmEra transition from silent to sound films ⓘ
filmingTechnique silent with synchronized musical score and effects ⓘ
format black-and-white ⓘ
genre comedy-drama ⓘ
silent film ⓘ
hasIntertitlesLanguage English ⓘ
hasMainCharacter a middle-aged businessman tempted by a younger woman ⓘ
hasMusicScore yes ⓘ
narrativeTheme gender conflict ⓘ
marital infidelity ⓘ
middle-class family life ⓘ
notableFor being a sound-era remake of Griffith’s own 1914 film ⓘ
originalLanguage Silent film with English intertitles ⓘ
partOf late silent era of American cinema ⓘ
producer Joseph M. Schenck ⓘ
productionCompany Joseph M. Schenck Productions ⓘ
releaseType theatrical film ⓘ
releaseYear 1928 ⓘ
remakeOf The Battle of the Sexes (1914 film) ⓘ
runtime approximately 88 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter D. W. Griffith ⓘ
setInPeriod late 1920s American society ⓘ
starred Belle Bennett ⓘ
Don Alvarado ⓘ
Jean Hersholt ⓘ
Phyllis Haver ⓘ
Sally O’Neil ⓘ
William Bakewell ⓘ
workLocation United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

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Belle Bennett → performedIn → The Battle of the Sexes (1928 film) ⓘ
The Battle of the Sexes (1914 film) → remadeAs → The Battle of the Sexes (1928 film) ⓘ
The Battle of the Sexes (1914 film) → hasTitle → The Battle of the Sexes (1928 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Battle of the Sexes
Billy Bitzer → knownForFilm → The Battle of the Sexes (1928 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Battle of the Sexes
Charles Crichton → notableWork → The Battle of the Sexes (1928 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Battle of the Sexes