 In 1927, Meighan starred in "The City Gone Wild" opposite Louise Brooks.His final silents, both produced by Howard Hughes in 1928, were "The Mating Call", which was critical of the Ku Klux Klan, and "The Racket", which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture.Both were thought lost until rediscovered in private collections in 2006; they were restored by University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and shown on Turner Classic Movies.