Testimony (1920 film)

Testimony
Testimony
Directed by	Guy Newall
Written by	Alice Askew (novel) ; Claude Askew (novel) ; Guy Newall
Produced by	George Clark
Starring	Ivy Duke ; David Hawthorne ; Mary Rorke ; Lawford Davidson
Cinematography	Bert Ford
Production; company	George Clark Productions
Distributed by	Stoll Pictures
Release date	October 1920;
Running time	7,189 feet
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	Silent ; English intertitles

Last updated October 15, 2025

Testimony is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Guy Newall and starring Ivy Duke, David Hawthorne and Mary Rorke.^[2] It was written by Newall based on the novel of the same title by Alice and Claude Askew.

Plot

As summarized in a film publication,^[3] a farmer, Gilian Lyons, lives with his mother Rachel Lyons, who is tyrannical in her devotion to her son. Gilian braves his mother s anger and marries Althea May, who moves in with them. Rachel, who had been training Lucinda for eventual marriage to her son, vents her spleen against Althea. Gilian and Althea have a daughter who dies, and Rachel says this was because Althea did not take care of her. Althea leaves, lives with an uncle, and enters society, but she later decides to return home, as she still loves Gilian. However, Gilian has left the farm in search of her. After she becomes ill, Rachel takes care of Althea, and their relationship improves. Eventually Gilian returns home to find his wife waiting for him.

Cast

Ivy Duke as Althea May
David Hawthorne as Gilian Lyons
Lawford Davidson as Cecil Coram
Mary Rorke as Rachel Lyons
Douglas Munro as Reuben Curtis
Marie Wright as Lizzie Emmett
Barbara Everest as Lucinda
Ruth Mackay as Lady Yetty

References

↑ Low p.463
↑ "Testimony". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
↑ "Testimony: A Weak Story in the First Place and then the Direction Is Poor". Film Daily. 15 (68). New York City: Wyd's Films and Film Folks, Inc.: 15 13 March 1921. Retrieved 14 March 2014.

Bibliography

Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. ISBN 978-0047910210

External links

Testimony at IMDb

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[1] Low p.463

[BFIsearch-2] "Testimony". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 14 October 2025.

[FilmDaily-3] "Testimony: A Weak Story in the First Place and then the Direction Is Poor". Film Daily. 15 (68). New York City: Wyd's Films and Film Folks, Inc.: 15 13 March 1921. Retrieved 14 March 2014.

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