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.

While on a leave, he secretly marries Rose, the "village belle", but he only has time for a few kisses and a hug before he has to return to the fighting.

After the Armistice, Major Hatton comes home, only to be told by Marvin Swallow that his wife's parents have had the marriage annulled, as she was not of age.

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.

Lon, a member of the local Ku Klux Klan-like Order, insinuates that Les must have had something to do with Jessie's suicide.

[4] The sound version of the film featured a theme song entitled "The Mating Call" which was composed by Frances Ring and Martin Roones.

[5] Adorée received positive reviews for her performance in The Mating Call, even though it differed little from the wide-eyed "Euro-damsels" that were her trademark.

[6] After Ontario censors cut almost 1,000 feet from the film, the draw at the Pantages Theatre in Toronto fell to under $10,000, a drop of $9,000 from the prior week.

[7] A print of The Mating Call, long thought to be lost, was discovered in the archives of Howard Hughes at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.