The Mating Call

The Mating Call is a 1928 preCode 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 rereleased by Turner Classic Movies in partnership with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, along with two other Hughesproduced films Two Arabian Knights 1927 and The Racket 1928. Rene Adore had a brief nude scene in the film.

One day, the Hendersons return. Rose, disillusioned by Lons repeated infidelity, throws herself at Les. He weakens and embraces her, but then Lon shows up. The two men struggle when Lon pulls out a gun. Fortunately no one is hurt, and Les invents a French wife on her way to the farm so he will be left alone.He goes to Ellis Island in search of a real wife. An official directs him to Catherine and her parents, poor wouldbe immigrants who are facing deportation. He offers to marry her in exchange for the family being allowed to settle in America. Her parents strongly oppose the bargain, but she accepts. That night, Catherine is prepared to share her bed with her husband, but sensing her resigned attitude, Les decides at the last minute to sleep alone in another room. They gradually fall in love. ........

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