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The Battle of the Sexes
(1928)
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The Battle of the Sexes (1928) was directed by D.W. Griffith and features Jean Hersholt, Phyllis Haver and Sally O’Neil. The title was lifted from Griffith’s 1914 film to grab attention for this late comedy effort adapted from The Single Standard by the man who helped developed the language of silent cinema.

2000 Image Entertainment edition

The Battle of the Sexes (1928), black & white, 88 minutes, not rated.

Image Entertainment, ID9226DSDVD, UPC 0-14381-92262-2.
Windowboxed 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD disc, Region 1, 5 Mbps average video bit rate, 224 kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 16 chapter stops, snapper case, $24.99.
DVD release date: 29 August 2000.
Country of origin: USA

We have viewed the DVD. This film, which was released on VHS videotape by Kino International earlier in 2000. Kino touted this as the film’s first release on home video. The film has been available on VHS from public-domain distributors before (usually transferred from 16mm reduction prints). We stress that this is the first time 35mm materials have been used for transfer and released by a quality-line home video company. The results are exceptional.

 

   

 
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a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca.
Other D.W. Griffith films available on DVD home video:
America (1924)
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (1914)
Biograph Shorts (1909-1913)
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Broken Blossoms (1919)
Dream Street (1921)
D.W. Griffith, Director, Volume 1 (1908-1909)
D.W. Griffith, Director, Volume 2 (1909)
D.W. Griffith, Director, Volume 3 (1909)
D.W. Griffith, Director, Volume 4 (1909)
D.W. Griffith, Director, Volume 5 (1909-1910)
D.W. Griffith, Years of Discovery (1909-1913)
The Idol Dancer (1920)
Intolerance (1916)
The Love Flower (1920)
Orphans of the Storm (1920)
Sally of the Sawdust (1925)
True Heart Susie (1919)
Way Down East (1920)

Other silent era Jean Hersholt films available on DVD home video:
Don Q, Son of Zorro (1925)
Hell’s Hinges (1916) in the Treasures from American Film Archives box set
Stella Dallas (1925)
Tess of the Storm Country (1922)
 
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