The Test of Honor
The Test of Honor | |
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Lantern slide for The Test of Honor | |
Directed by | John S. Robertson |
Produced by |
Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky |
Written by | Eve Unsell (scenario) |
Based on | E. Phillips Oppenheim (novel The Malefactor) |
Starring |
John Barrymore Constance Binney |
Cinematography | Jacques Monteran - (French Wikipedia) |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release dates | April 6, 1919 |
Running time |
Five reels at 4,684 feet (50+ minutes) |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Test of Honor (1919) is an American silent film drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky, released by Paramount, directed by John S. Robertson, and starring John Barrymore. Considered the actor's first drama movie role after years of doing film comedies and farces.[1]
The film was made at Famous Players' East Coast facility and released prior to Robertson and Barrymore's famous Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920).
Cast
- John Barrymore - Martin Wingrave
- Constance Binney - Juliet Hollis
- Marcia Manon - Ruth Curtis
- Robert Schable - Doctor George Lumley
- J. W. Johnston - Mr. Curtis
- Bigelow Cooper - Judge Ferris
- Ned Hay - Lovell
- Alma Aiken - Mrs. Farrell
- Fred Miller - Zeke
Preservation status
The Test of Honor is now considered a lost film.[2][3][4][5]
See also
References
- ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Test of Honor
- ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: The Test of Honor at silentera.com
- ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films:1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988
- ↑ Test of Honor at TheGreatStars.com; Lost films Wanted
- ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Test of Honor
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Test of Honor. |
- The Test of Honor at the Internet Movie Database
- The Test of Honor at SilentEra
- The Test of Honor still photo with John Barrymore and Constance Binney
- Still photo from The Test of Honor with John Barrymore and Constance Binney
- Still showing a tense moment in the film
- Synopsis to The Test of Honor at AllMovie
- Lantern slide; coming attraction
- Scene from the lost film
- Barrymore and Constance Binney
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