Maytime (1923)

• 66%
• 1923
• Drama
• Romance
• Louis J. Gasnier
• Ethel Shannon
• Harrison Ford
• William Norris

Ottilie Van Zandt, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy colonel, loves the gardener's son, Richard Wayne, but is forced by her family to marry her cousin, Claude. Richard leaves before the wedding, vowing to return wealthy and to marry Ottilie, but, since she is already married when he does return, Richard marries Alice Tremaine on impulse. Years later, to save Ottilie, a lonely widow, from being evicted, Richard purchases her house at auction and gives it to her. Two generations later, Ottilie, the granddaughter of the first Ottilie, lives in the old house and teaches dancing. Richard Wayne, grandson of the first Richard, is a wealthy young man of the jazz set, who thinks of Ottilie as a little old-fashioned but has affection for her. Their friendship culminates in a romance and marriage that began years before with their grandparents.