George Fitzmaurice directed Lilac Time, a silent romantic war film, starring Colleen Moore and Gary Cooper.
The tale concerns young American aviators fighting for Britain during World War I, billeted in a field next to a farmhouse in France.
The daughter who lives on the farm meets one of the new aviators who is attracted to her. As the flyers head off on a mission, the young aviator promises to return for her.
Lilac Time was produced by John McCormick (Moore’s husband), and distributed by First National Pictures. The film is based on a 1917 Broadway play written by Jane Murfin and actress Jane Cowl, who adapted the story from a novel by Guy Fowler.
Lilac Time contains elements of slapstick comedy, romantic melodrama, and spectacular aerial action sequences.





