The Mating Call

The Mating Call is a 1928 American silent drama film about a soldier who returns home from World War I to find his marriage has been annulled and his wife has remarried. Due to the public apathy towards silent films, a sound version was also prepared. While the sound version 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 film was produced by Howard Hughes for his Caddo Corporation, and was originally released by Paramount Pictures. It is based on the novel of the same name by Rex Beach. Renée Adorée has a brief nude scene in the film.

This article is about the 1928 silent film. For other uses, see Mating call (disambiguation).

The Mating Call
Cover of sheet music for the film
Directed byJames Cruze
Written byWalter Woods (adaptation)
Herman J. Mankiewicz (titles)
Based onThe Mating Call (novel)
by Rex Beach
Produced byHoward Hughes (uncredited)
StarringThomas Meighan
Evelyn Brent
Renée Adorée
Alan Roscoe
CinematographyIra H. Morgan
Edited byWalter Woods (uncredited)
Music byFrances Ring
Martin Roones
Robert Israel (2004)
Production
company
The Caddo Company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • July 21, 1928 (1928-07-21)
Running time
72 minutes (restored version)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent Version
Sound Version (Synchronized)
English Intertitles
Budget$400,000
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