Réalisation:
D.W. GriffithPhotographie:
G.W. BitzerActeurs·trices:
Donald Crisp, Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Mary Alden, Owen Moore, William E. LawrenceRésumés(1)
D. W. Griffith is properly esteemed as "The Father of Film" from his years of discovery making short films at the pioneer Biograph Company and for such pioneering features as "The Birth of a Nation," "Intolerance," "Broken Blossoms," Way Down East" and "Orphans of the Storm" , but his later films--several of them lost or almost unavailable--were far less critically hailed. Griffith's 1928 comedy-drama "The Battle of the Sexes" proves to be the exception. It is the story of a middle-aged magnate (Jean Hersholt) who makes a fool of himself when he strays from his loving but frowsy wife (Belle Bennett) and children (Billy Bakewell and Sally O'Neil) into the cynical arms of a gold-digger (Phyllis Haver) and her dishonest lover (Don Alvarado). As these characters are hurt and healed, Griffith expertly draws fine lines between tragedy and comedy, and his skill makes all the difference between emotional satisfaction and formulaic melodrama. (texte officiel du distributeur)
(plus)Acteurs·trices
Donald Crisp
Grande-Bretagne
Meilleurs films :
L'Aigle des mers (1940)
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
Intolérance (1916)
Lillian Gish
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Le Vent (1928)
Intolérance (1916)
La Nuit du chasseur (1955)
Robert Harron
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Intolérance (1916)
Le Pauvre Amour (1919)
La Conscience vengeresse (1914)
Mary Alden
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Intolérance (1916)
Naissance d'une nation (1915)
Owen Moore
Irlande
Meilleurs films :
Intolérance (1916)
Une étoile est née (1937)
The Blackbird (1926)
William E. Lawrence
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Le Monde est merveilleux (1939)
En marge de l’enquête (1947)
The Whole Town's Talking (1935)