Maytime (1923 film)

Maytime
Maytime
	Clara Bow and Ethel Shannon
Directed by	Louis J. Gasnier
Written by	Olga Printzlau (adaptation) ; Rudolf Bernauer ; Rudolph Schanzer
Based on	Maytime; 1917 musical; by Cyrus Wood; Rida Johnson Young
Produced by	B. P. Schulberg
Starring	Ethel Shannon; Harrison Ford; William Norris
Cinematography	Karl Struss
Music by	Sigmund Romberg
Production; company	B.P. Schulberg Productions
Distributed by	Preferred Pictures
Release date	November 16, 1923;
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Maytime is a 1923 American silent romantic drama film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring Ethel Shannon, Harrison Ford, and William Norris. The film also features one of Clara Bow's earliest cinema roles. The film is based on the musical of the same name composed by Sigmund Romberg with a book by Rida Johnson Young. A different film with the same name was made in 1937 also based on the musical.

Plot

Ottilie Van Zandt is forced to wed her cousin, despite her love for Richard Wayne, the gardener's son. Richard leaves, vowing to return a wealthy man and eligible suitor for her. He returns to find she has already married and, in turn, marries another girl on impulse. Two generations later, the grandchildren of Ottilie and Richard, who both have inherited their names as well, meet and develop a close friendship that culminates in the romance that their grandparents began but could not consummate years before.

Cast

Ethel Shannon as Ottilie Van Zandt
Harrison Ford as Richard Wayne
William Norris as Matthew
Clara Bow as Alice Tremaine
Wallace MacDonald as Claude Van Zandt
Josef Swickard as Colonel Van Zandt
Martha Mattox as Mathilda
Betty Francisco as Ermintrude
Robert McKim as Monte Mitchell
Julie Bishop as Little Girl (credited as Jacqueline Wells)
Pat Wing as Little Girl (credited as Madison Wing)
Louise Emmons as Gypsy Fortune Teller (uncredited)
Maxine Tabnac as Child (uncredited)
Edna Tichenor as Cleo (uncredited)
Bess True as Society Lady (uncredited)
Hortense O'Brien as Bit Role (uncredited)

Preservation

Once considered to be a lost film, an incomplete print of the film was found in 2009 in the New Zealand Film Archive and underwent restoration.^[1] Four out of the original seven reels had survived.^[2] The preserved film is available for viewing on the website of the National Film Preservation Foundation. The movie is in the public domain.

References

^ Dave Kehr (June 6, 2010). "Long-Lost Silent Films Return to America". The New York Times.
^ "Maytime (1923)". National Film Preservation Foundation.

External links

Full Movie on National Film Preservation Foundation
Maytime at IMDb
Maytime at the TCM Movie Database
Synopsis at AllMovie
Maytime at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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[1] Dave Kehr (June 6, 2010). "Long-Lost Silent Films Return to America". The New York Times.

[National_Film_Preservation_Foundation-2] "Maytime (1923)". National Film Preservation Foundation.

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