Maytime is a 1923 American silent romantic drama film directed by Louis J. Gasnier

Louis J. Gasnier

Louis J. Gasnier was a French film director.Born in Paris, Gasnier was working in theatre when Pathé hired him to direct films in the earliest days of cinema. He directed comedian Max Linder in many of his early short comedies...

 and starring Ethel Shannon

Ethel Shannon

Ethel Shannon was an American actress. She appeared in over 30 silent movies in the early 20th century.-Early life and career:...

, Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford (silent film actor)

Harrison Ford was an American stage and film actor. He was a leading Broadway theatre performer and a star of the silent film era.-Career:...

 and William Norris. The film also features one of Clara Bow

Clara Bow

Clara Gordon Bow was an American actress who rose to stardom in the silent film era of the 1920s. It was her appearance as a spunky shopgirl in the film It that brought her global fame and the nickname "The It Girl." Bow came to personify the roaring twenties and is described as its leading sex...

's earliest cinema roles. The film is based on the play of the same name by Cyrus Wood and Rida Johnson Young

Rida Johnson Young

Rida Johnson Young was an American playwright, songwriter and librettist. In her career, Young wrote over thirty plays and musicals, and over 500 songs. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970...

, and was remade in 1937 with the same title.

Preservation status

Once considered to be a lost film

Lost film

A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...

, the film was found in 2009 in the New Zealand Film Archive

New Zealand Film Archive

The New Zealand Film Archive is a charitable trust dedicated to the collection, preservation and viewing of mainly New Zealand films and videos made between 1895 to the present day.- Background :...

 and is undergoing restoration.

Cast

• Ethel Shannon as Ottilie Van Zandt
• Harrison Ford as Richard Wayne
• William Norris as Matthew
• Clara Bow as Alice Tremaine
• Wallace MacDonald
  Wallace MacDonald
  Wallace Archibald MacDonald was an Canadian silent film actor, and film producer....
  
   as Claude Van Zandt
• Josef Swickard
  Josef Swickard
  Josef Swickard was a German-born veteran stage and screen character actor, who had toured with stock companies in Europe, South Africa, and South America.-Career:...
  
   as Colonel Van Zandt
• Martha Mattox
  Martha Mattox
  Martha Mattox was an American silent film actor most notable for her role of Mammy Pleasant in the 1927 film The Cat and the Canary. She also played a role in Torrent...
  
   as Mathilda
• Betty Francisco
  Betty Francisco
  Betty Francisco was an American silent-film actress, appearing mainly in dramatic/romantic films...
  
   as Ermintrude
• Robert McKim
  Robert McKim (actor)
  Robert McKim was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 99 films between 1915 and 1927. He is best remembered for playing the arch villain opposite Douglas Fairbanks's Zorro in The Mark of Zorro in 1920. McKim also starred with Lon Chaney in the 1923 silent version of All The Brothers...
  
   as Monte Mitchell
• Julie Bishop
  Julie Bishop (actress)
  Julie Bishop was an American film and television actress. She appeared in over 80 films between 1923 and 1957....
  
  as Little Girl (as Jacqueline Wells)
• Pat Wing as Little Girl (as Madison Wing)

External links

• lantern slide plate