Lilac Time

United States

1928

80 Min

Black and White

1.37:1

Silent

Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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DIR George Fitzmaurice, Frank Lloyd

PROD George Fitzmaurice, John McCormick

SCR Jane Cowl, Guy Fowler, Willis Goldbeck, George Marion Jr., Jane Murfin, Adela Rogers St. Johns, Carey Wilson

CAST Colleen Moore, Gary Cooper, Burr McIntosh, George Cooper, Cleve Moore, Kathryn McGuire, Eugenie Besserer, Emile Chautard, Jack Stoney, Edward Dillon, Dick Grace, Stuart Knox, Harlan Hilton, Richard Jarvis, Jack Ponder, Dan Dowling

MUSIC Cecil Copping, Nathaniel Shilkret

Synopsis

All of those handsome young men in their flying machines are billeted in a field next to the Widow Berthelot’s farmhouse in France. Her daughter Jeannine is curious about the young men fighting for England in World War I and their airplanes. Then one of the aviators is killed. His replacement is Captain Philip Blythe who can’t help but notice Jeannine. When he lands the first time, she is standing in the middle of his “runway.” She makes a more favorable impression when he sees her later by the lilacs. When all of the young men depart on a mission, Blythe promises to return. —IMDb

Director

Frank Lloyd

Frank Lloyd (2 February 1886, Glasgow, UK – 10 August 1960, Santa Monica, California, United States) was a film director, scriptwriter and producer. Lloyd was among the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and its president between 1934 and 1935.

Frank Lloyd was Scotland’s first Academy Award winner and is unique in film history having received three Oscar nominations in 1929 for his work on a silent film (The Divine Lady), a part-talkie (Weary River) and a full talkie (Drag). He won for The Divine Lady. He was nominated and won again in 1933 for his adaptation of Noel Coward’s Cavalcade and received a further Best Director nomination in 1935 for perhaps his most successful film, Mutiny on the Bounty. —wikipedia

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Charles Coleman

7Nov11

Colleen Moore was fine in this film but the story was very weak and muddy. Plot holes abound. The camera is pretty assured though, looked good. Just unfortunate the love story wasn't believable enough. Also, Gary Cooper seemed to have more makeup on than Miss Moore. Did not see the version with sound, though, I wonder if the elements of sound would have bumped it to a four star or 3 1/2 picture.