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Alec Scudder with dark curly hair

Another beautiful and rare Maurice (1987) production still from the forthcoming 2023 documentary Merchant Ivory [x].

There are other rarely seen b/w stills of Maurice and Alec at the British Museum, but I don’t believe I’d seen this particular shot before. For another, see @oscarwetnwilde’s recent post.

The documentary itself does not seem to have a release date yet. But there’s a wonderful extended taster (the source of this shot) on the director’s Vimeo [x], plus a newer/shorter 2023 trailer via his website [x].

Maurice girlies (gender-neutral) it's my duty to inform you that a Vietnamese LGBT movie channel have reconstructed the entire 1987 movie, added all deleted scenes (which include establishing wayyyy earlier that Alec works at Durham's, establishing Alec's bisexuality, Maurice's beautiful ending monologue to Clive, and many more) resulting in a movie that's almost 3 hours long, and uploaded it to youtube (with English subtitles!) here!

i need people to stop acting like maurice is a tragic gay love story with a sad ending bc it’s not. it is a story of love persevering in spite of the homophobic standards of upper class edwardian society. its about hope for a better future and two queer men loving eachother unashamedly. e.m forster gave maurice a happy ending because it’s what queer people deserve, even though he knew it was unlikely in 1914.

just because clive and maurice don’t end up together, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have a happy ending. stop alec erasure.

Maurice Hall & Alec Scudder

Maurice (1987)

A return to drawing the characters from my favourite film, Maurice, with James Wilby as Maurice Hall and Rupert Graves as Alec Scudder, under that umbrella.

Two portraits designed to work as a pair, Alec and Maurice displayed side by side. "Now, we shan't never be parted."

Rupert Graves as Alec Scudder in “Maurice” (1987)

Maurice Hall & Alec Scudder in Maurice (1987)

Maurice Hall and Alec Scudder - Maurice 1987