The Battle of the Sexes
(1914) American
B&W : Five reels
Directed by D.W. Griffith

Cast: Donald Crisp [Frank Andrews], Lillian Gish [Jane Andrews], Robert Harron [John Andrews], Mary Alden [Mrs. Andrews], Fay Tincher [Cleo], Owen Moore [Cleo’s lover], W.E. Lawrence

Majestic Motion Picture Company production; distributed by Continental Feature Film Corporation (Mutual Film Corporation). / Scenario by D.W. Griffith, from the novel The Single Standard by Daniel Carson Goodman. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. Camera assistant Karl Brown. Edited by James Smith and Rose Smith. / Premiere 12 April 1914 at Weber’s Theatre in New York, New York. Released 12 April 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Working title: The Single Standard. The film was reportedly shot in four days. Rudolph Valentino is thought to have been an extra in this film.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.0236.

Survival Status: The film is presumed lost : only a fragment of a print is known to exist.

Keywords: Weapons: Guns

Listing updated: 25 January 2004.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.0236; Barry-Griffith pp. 19, 39, 44, 45, 81; Everson-American p. 76; Fell-History pp. 56, 64; Slide-Aspects p. 11; Slide-FineArts pp. 2, 161; Tarbox-Lost pp. 174, 180; Weaver-Twenty p. 145.