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Release year: 1928

Storyline

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.

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Colleen Moore — Jeannine Berthelot
Gary Cooper — Capt. Philip Blythe
Eugenie Besserer — Madame Berthelot
Burr McIntosh — Gen. Blythe

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Did you know

• To enhance the viewing experience, a Boston theater put oil of lilac in the ventilation system during the showing of this film in 1929.

• The original Broadway production of "Lilac Time" by Jane Cowl and Jane Murfin opened at the Theater Republic on February 6, 1917 and ran for 176 performances. The cast included Cowl herself, as well as Orme Caldara, Harry Crocker Charles Esdale, Lawrence Grant, Charles Hampden, Felix Krembs, Mayne Lynton, Cecil Owen, Henry Stephenson and Cecil Yapp.

• Frank Lloyd directed several scenes when director George Fitzmaurice was unavailable, and also some additional scenes after the film was finished.