The Mating Call

1928
Passed
1 Std. 12 Min.

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Evelyn Brent and Thomas Meighan in The Mating Call (1928)

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA WWI vet takes on the KKK when he loses his wife to a womanizing Klansman.A WWI vet takes on the KKK when he loses his wife to a womanizing Klansman.A WWI vet takes on the KKK when he loses his wife to a womanizing Klansman.

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6,7/10

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- 4 wins total

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Thomas Meighan

Leslie Hatten

Evelyn Brent

Rose Henderson

Renée Adorée

Catharine Hatten

Alan Roscoe

Lon Henderson

Gardner James

Marvin Swallow

Helen Foster

Jessie Peebles

Luke Cosgrave

Judge Peebles

Cyril Chadwick

Captain Anderson

Symona Boniface

Woman at Welcome-Home Party
(Nicht genannt)

Delmer Daves

Undetermined Role
(Nicht genannt)

Christian J. Frank

Wife Beater
(Nicht genannt)

Herman J. Mankiewicz

Newspaperman
(Nicht genannt)

Broderick O'Farrell

Poker Player on Train
(Nicht genannt)

Frederick Sullivan

Poker Player with Rabbit's Foot
(Nicht genannt)

Will Walling

Uncle Billy - Townsman
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Wissenswertes
Long thought to be lost, a print was discovered in the Howard Hughes collection at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Patzer
Although the story takes place immediately after World War I (1918-1919), all of Evelyn Brent's and Helen Foster's clothes are strictly in the 1928 short skirt mode, completely out of place in the time frame of the story.

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Poker Player: Major Hatten seems to be suffering from shell shock.
Hatten's Best Man: Worse than that! He's in love - with his own wife.

Alternative Versionen
In 2004, the University of Nevada Las Vegas and Flicker Alley, LLC copyrighted a digitally restored version with a new orchestral score composed, arranged and conducted by Robert Israel. It was produced by Jeffery Masino and runs 72 minutes.

Verbindungen
References The Sky Rider (1928)

Soundtracks
The Mating Song
(1928)
Music and Lyrics by Frances Ring and Martin Broones

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7/10

Pretty good silent drama

Leslie Hatten (Thomas Meighan) goes away to fight WW1. He secretly marries beautiful Rose (Evelyn Brent). He returns 2 years later to find their marriage annulled and she's married to Lon (Alan Roscoe). She still wants to sleep with Leslie but he refuses her. However Lon thinks she IS sleeping with him and is a member of The Order--a Ku Klux Klan-like organization who punish everyone they think isn't "moral" enough.

There's more but that's the gist. Fast-moving, pretty racy (Brent flashes some nudity), well-acted and directed drama. It brings up multiple themes--WW1, marriage, adultery, suicide, murder, secret organizations punishing people--and mixes them all up and throws them at the viewer in an entertaining way. This doesn't seem to be making any sort of statement (although it does strongly suggest that The Order is wrong) but just gives the viewer a fast-paced entertaining drama. This was thought to be lost for many years but was discovered and lovingly restored. We should all be happy for that. I give it a 7.