---
title: 'The Mating Call (1928)'
type: 'film'
director: 'James Cruze'
released: '1928-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-mating-call-1928'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019152/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Mating Call (1928)

1928 · Romance · United States


## Synopsis

The Mating Call is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by James Cruze 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [James Cruze](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-cruze)
- **Screenplay:** [Walter Woods](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-woods)
- **Producer:** [Howard Hughes](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-hughes)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ira H. Morgan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ira-h-morgan)

## Cast

- [Alan Roscoe](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-roscoe)
- [Thomas Meighan](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-meighan)
- [Renée Adorée](https://cinepixo.com/people/renee-adoree)
- [Evelyn Brent](https://cinepixo.com/people/evelyn-brent)

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