Maytime Overview:

Maytime (1923) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and produced by B.P. Schulberg.

Academy Awards 1937 --- Ceremony Number 10 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Music - ScoringMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Music Department, Nat W. Finston, head of department (Score by Herbert SNominated
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Musical Monday: Maytime?(1937)

on May 23, 2022 From Comet Over Hollywood

It?s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week?s musical: Maytime (1937) ? Musical #23... Read full article


Maytime (1937): Starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy

By 4 Star Film Fan on May 12, 2020 From 4 Star Films

The arrival of a local May Fair celebration brings back a flurry of bittersweet memories for elderly Miss Morrison (a made-up Jeanette MacDonald). She fondly recalls some past romantic dreams that we have yet to discover, which color how she sees the young lovers before her, caught in a quarrel. The... Read full article


Musical Monday: Maytime in Mayfair (1949)

on May 13, 2019 From Comet Over Hollywood

It?s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week?s musical: Maytime in Mayfair (1949)? M... Read full article


Maytime

By Amanda Garrett on Apr 26, 2015 From Old Hollywood Films

Here's my entry in the Classic Movie Blog Association's spring blogathon, The Fabulous Films of the 30s. My article is about the classic musical Maytime, starring Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald. Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy were superstars in the 1930s. Their legions of fans flocked to... Read full article


MAYTIME ( 1937 )

By Crystal Kalyana on Apr 25, 2015 From In The Good Old Days Of Classic Hollywood

MUSICAL MONTH MAYTIME ( 1937 ) A few years ago I was fortunate enough to see “Maytime” on the big screen at the cinemas. When the film finished, it left me with not only a greater appreciation for operatic musicals, but a lifelong interest in John Barrymore, who I had always admired. See... Read full article


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The original Broadway production of "Maytime" opened on August 16, 1917 at the Shubert Theater in New York City and ran for 492 performances closing on October 19, 1918. The play was written by Rida Johnson Young, music by Sigmund Romberg and lyrics by Rida Johnson Young.
Unlike the Nelson Eddy-Jeanette MacDonald film (Maytime), this version of "Maytime" uses the plot and characters of the original stage production.
A complete copy of this film has been found in a New Zealand film archive.
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