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Movie poster: Maytime (1923)
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Maytime

1923 · 50 min Drama Romance
6.3 / 10 · TMDB

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.

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Year 1923
Country United States of America
Genre Drama, Romance
Director Louis J. Gasnier
Runtime 50 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.3/10 (3 votes)

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The film constructs its narrative on the contrast between two eras, using the parallelism of destinies as its primary dramatic device. It relies on a classic melodramatic structure to explore themes of fate and the inheritance of emotions that transcend time.

What lingers after the viewing is a sense of elegant melancholy, a saga where the past finds its resolution in the present. The emotional power lies in the idea of redeeming ancestral mistakes through their descendants. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Louis J. Gasnier

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Best viewed in a quiet evening setting, immersed in the atmosphere of old Hollywood romance.

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