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The Mating Call is a 1928 pre-Code 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. The film was produced by Howard Hughes for his Caddo Corporation, and was originally released by Paramount Pictures. It is based on a novel, The Mating Call, by Rex Beach. In 2006, the film was restored and re-released by Turner Classic Movies in partnership with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, along with two other Hughes-produced films Two Arabian Knights (1927) and The Racket (1928). Renée Adorée had a brief nude scene in the film.
Original Release
07/21/1928
US Release
07/21/1928
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Thomas Meighan | Leslie Hatten |
| Evelyn Brent | Rose Henderson |
| Renée Adorée | Catharine / Catharine Hatten |
| Alan Roscoe | Lon Henderson |
| Gardner James | Marvin Swallow |
| Helen Foster | Jessie Peebles |
| Luke Cosgrave | Judge Peebles |
| Cyril Chadwick | Anderson / Captain Anderson |
| Symona Boniface | Woman at Welcome-Home Party |
| Delmer Daves | Undetermined Role |
Directors
Writers
Herman J. Mankiewicz, Rex Beach, Walter Woods
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Thomas Meighan | Leslie Hatten |
| Evelyn Brent | Rose Henderson |
| Renée Adorée | Catharine / Catharine Hatten |
| Alan Roscoe | Lon Henderson |
| Gardner James | Marvin Swallow |
| Helen Foster | Jessie Peebles |
| Luke Cosgrave | Judge Peebles |
| Cyril Chadwick | Anderson / Captain Anderson |
| Symona Boniface | Woman at Welcome-Home Party |
| Delmer Daves | Undetermined Role |
| Christian J. Frank | Wife Beater |
| Broderick O'Farrell | Poker Player / Poker Player on Train |
| Frederick Sullivan | Poker Player with Rabbit's Foot |
| Will Walling | Uncle Billy - Townsman |
| Herman J. Mankiewicz | Newspaperman |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Howard Hughes | Producer |
