Abstract: This invention comprises a liquid crystalline high molecular weight polymer material which comprises the hydrogen bonded reaction product of a non-liquid crystalline polymer having a proton donor and/or a proton acceptor and a low molecular weight compound having bonded in the molecule respectively a proton acceptor and/or a proton donor which can be bond to said proton donor and/or proton acceptor respectively through hydrogen bonding and having liquid crystallinity. This material forms a smectic phase at a lower temperature than a simple mixture and has usefulness in the field of optical electronics.