The Woman Disputed

The Woman Disputed is a 1928 American synchronized sound film. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The plot draws in part on the 1880 short story "Boule de Suif" by French writer Guy de Maupassant.

The Woman Disputed
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Directed by	Henry King, Sam Taylor
Written by	C. Gardner Sullivan
Produced by	Joseph M. Schenck Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	September 1928 (1928-09)
Running time	108 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Sound film (Synchronized)

Norma Talmadge stars as a good-hearted Austrian prostitute drawn into a romantic triangle on the eve of World War I. Based on a Denison Clift play, the nationalities of the characters had to be adjusted to satisfy official complaints registered with the MPPDA from the German government.^[1]

This film would be the last film Talmadge made without audible dialogue. After this film was completed she separated from her husband and producer Schenck. Talmadge would spend much of the following year on vocal lessons in preparation for her first talking picture.^[2] Talmadge appeared in two talking films. The lackluster response to them forced her into an early retirement.