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.A WWI vet takes on the KKK when he loses his wife to a womanizing Klansman.
Symona Boniface
- Woman at Welcome-Home Party
- (uncredited)
Delmer Daves
- Undetermined Role
- (uncredited)
Christian J. Frank
- Wife Beater
- (uncredited)
Herman J. Mankiewicz
- Newspaperman
- (uncredited)
Broderick O'Farrell
- Poker Player on Train
- (uncredited)
Will Walling
- Uncle Billy - Townsman
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaLong thought to be lost, a print was discovered in the Howard Hughes collection at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
- GoofsAlthough 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.
- Quotes
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.
- Alternate versionsIn 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.
- ConnectionsReferences The Sky Rider (1928)
Featured review
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.
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.
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- Jan 18, 2008
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- Also known as
- Mating Call
- Filming locations
- General Service Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(studio - known as Metropolitan Studios at the time)
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- Budget
- $400,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 12 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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