Testimony (1920 film)

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Testimony
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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
CinematographyBert Ford
Production
company
Distributed by Stoll Pictures
Release date
  • October 1920 (1920-10)
Running time
7,189 feet [1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

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

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Plot

As summarized in a film publication, [2] a farmer, Gilian Lyons (Hawthorne), lives with his mother Rachel Lyons (Rorke), who is tyrannical in her devotion to her son. Gilian braves his mother s anger and marries Althea May (Duke), who moves in with them. Rachel, who had been training Lucinda (Everest) 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.

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References

  1. Low p.463
  2. "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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