Testimony (1920)

Testimony is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Guy Newall and starring Ivy Duke, David Hawthorne and Mary Rorke. 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, 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

Bibliography

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

External links

Testimony at IMDb