''The Mating'' is a 1918 American silent

comedy-drama film Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

directed by

Frederick A. Thomson Frederick A. Thomson (1869–1925), sometimes spelled Thompson, was a director of silent films in the United States. He began his directing career in theater. Thomson was credited by Helen Hayes for enabling her debut in ''Jean and the Calico Do ...

and starring

Gladys Leslie Gladys Leslie Moore (March 5, 1899 – October 2, 1976) was an American actress in silent film, active in the 1910s and 1920s. Though less-remembered than superstars like Mary Pickford, she had a number of starring roles from 1917 to the ea ...

Herbert Rawlinson Herbert Banemann Rawlinson (15 November 1885 – 12 July 1953) was an English-born stage, film, radio, and television actor. A leading man during Hollywood's silent film era, Rawlinson transitioned to character roles after the advent of sound f ...

, Forrest Robinson, John Thomson, and Aida Horton. The film was released by

Vitagraph Company of America Vitagraph Studios, also known as the Vitagraph Company of America, was a United States motion picture studio. It was founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York, as the American Vitagraph Company. By 1907, ...

on October 7, 1918.

Plot

Cast

as Nancy Fanne *

as Dick Ives *

Forrest Robinson Forrest Robinson (1858 – January 6, 1924) was an American stage and silent era actor. He was a leading man at the Boston Museum Theater and acted in numerous theatrical productions in New York. He also appeared in numerous films. Robinson was ...

as Mr. Fane *John Thomson as Bob *Aida Horton as Betty *Stephen Carr as Billy *

Frances Miller Frances Miller (sometimes credited as Frances Grant or Frances Miller Grant) was an American actress who worked extensively during Hollywood's silent era. Like many black actresses of her time, she was often cast in " mammy" roles. Biography ...

as Mammy

Preservation

The film is now considered

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.American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''Little Miss No-Account''
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* 1918 comedy-drama films 1910s English-language films 1918 films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Vitagraph Studios films 1918 lost films Lost American comedy-drama films English-language comedy-drama films Films directed by Frederick A. Thomson 1910s American films Silent American comedy-drama films {{1910s-comedy-drama-film-stub