The Battle of the Sexes

Whether or not a man who indulges in a bit of hanky-panky should be judged by a different standard than a woman was explored by Griffith decades before Women's Lib, but with the same resounding conclusion. Entertaining and well-paced, this is Griffith's second treatment of the same story - the first having been filmed in 1914. Phyllis Haver, the gold-digger who leads wealthy Jean Hersholt astray, ironically left the movies the following year to marry a millionaire.