Maytime (1923 film)

Maytime
Directed by	Louis J. Gasnier
Produced by	B. P. Schulberg
Written by	Cyrus Wood (play) Rida Johnson Young (play) Olga Printzlau (adaptation)
Starring	Ethel Shannon Harrison Ford William Norris
Release date(s)	November 16, 1923
Running time	70-80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent

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 play of the same name by Cyrus Wood and Rida Johnson Young, and was remade in 1937 with the same title.

Preservation status

See also: List of rediscovered films

Once considered to be a lost film, the film was found in 2009 in the New Zealand Film Archive and is undergoing restoration.^[1]

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 (as Jacqueline Wells)
• Pat Wing as Little Girl (as Madison Wing)

References

1. ^ Dave Kehr (June 6, 2010). "Long-Lost Silent Films Return to America". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/movies/07silent.html. 

External links

• Maytime at the Internet Movie Database
• Maytime at the TCM Movie Database
• Maytime at AllRovi
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