Maytime (1923 film)

1923 film by Louis J. Gasnier

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 (1923-11-16)

Running time

| 80 minutes
Country| United States
Language| Silent (English intertitles)
Bilingual ad in the Chinese language Screen Weekly (January 1925)

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

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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

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* 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

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See also: List of rediscovered films

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

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

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maytime (1923 film).

* Full Movie on National Film Preservation Foundation
* Maytime at IMDb
* Maytime at the TCM Movie Database
* Maytime at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
* Lantern slide plate

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Films directed by Louis J. Gasnier

* The Perils of Pauline (1914)
* The Exploits of Elaine (1914)
* The New Exploits of Elaine (1915)
* The Shielding Shadow (1916)
* The Seven Pearls (1917)
* Hands Up (1918)
* The Tiger's Trail (1919)
* Kismet (1920)
* Good Women (1921)
* A Wife's Awakening (1921)
* Silent Years (1921)
* The Call of Home (1922)
* Rich Men's Wives (1922)
* Thorns and Orange Blossoms (1922)
* Maytime (1923)
* Daughters of the Rich (1923)
* The Hero (1923)
* Mothers-in-Law (1923)
* Poor Men's Wives (1923)
* Poisoned Paradise: The Forbidden Story of Monte Carlo (1924)
* Wine (1924)
* White Man (1924)
* The Triflers (1924)
* The Breath of Scandal (1924)
* The Parasite (1925)
* Parisian Love (1925)
* Faint Perfume (1925)
* The Boomerang (1925)
* Out of the Storm (1926)
* That Model from Paris (1926)
* Sin Cargo (1926)
* Pleasures of the Rich (1926)
* Lost at Sea (1926)
* Streets of Shanghai (1927)
* The Beauty Shoppers (1927)
* Should Tall Men Marry? (1928)
* Fashion Madness (1928)
* Darkened Rooms (1929)
* Slightly Scarlet (1930)
* Mysterious Mr. Parkes (1930)
* The Virtuous Sin (1930)
* The Lawyer's Secret (1931)
* Silence (1931)
* The Strange Case of Clara Deane (1932)
* Forgotten Commandments (1932)
* Gambling Ship (1933)
* Downward Slope (1934)
* Fedora (1934)
* The Last Outpost (1935)
* Reefer Madness (1936)
* The Gold Racket (1937)
* Bank Alarm (1937)
* Sunset Murder Case (1938)
* The Marines Come Thru (1938)
* Murder on the Yukon (1940)

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