The Test of Honor

The Test of Honor
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, c.1906)
Starring	John Barrymore Constance Binney
Cinematography	Jacques Monteran - (French Wikipedia)
Production company	Famous Players-Lasky
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. It is based on author E. Phillips Oppenheim 1906 novel The Malefactor.^[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).

John Barrymore at the time of the production of The Test of Honor. From a trade publication.

Plot

Martin Wingrave(Barrymore) is arrested and sent to prison for seven years for a crime he didn't commit. While incarcerated he learns that his girlfriend and her male accomplice framed him for the crime. When Wingrave is released he plots revenge against his former girl and her man(Manon, Schable). However he begins a romance with his neighbor, a young woman(Binney) who truly loves him and warms his heart.

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]

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
↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Test of Honor

External links

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Films directed by John S. Robertson

1910s	Love and Trout (1916) The Thorn and the Rose (1916) Getting By (1916) Trouble for Four (1916) Justice a la Carte (1916) The Meeting (1917) Intrigue (1917) The Money Mill (1917) Vanity and Some Sables (1917) A Service of Love (1917) Baby Mine (1917) The Bottom of the Well (1917) The Menace (1918) The Better Half (1918) The Girl of Today (1918) The Make-Believe Wife (1918) Little Miss Hoover (1918) Here Comes the Bride (1919) The Test of Honor (1919) Let's Elope (1919) Come Out of the Kitchen (1919) The Misleading Widow (1919) Sadie Love (1919) Erstwhile Susan (1919)

1920s	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) Away Goes Prudence (1920) A Dark Lantern (1920) 39 East (1920) Sentimental Tommy (1921) The Magic Cup (1921) Footlights (1921) Love's Boomerang (1922) The Spanish Jade (1922) Tess of the Storm Country (1922) The Bright Shawl (1923) The Fighting Blade (1923) Twenty-One (1923) The Enchanted Cottage (1924) Classmates (1924) New Toys (1925) Soul-Fire (1925) Shore Leave (1925) Annie Laurie (1927) Captain Salvation (1927) The Road to Romance (1927) The Single Standard (1929) Shanghai Lady (1929)

1930s	Night Ride (1930) Captain of the Guard (1930) Madonna of the Streets (1930) Beyond Victory (1931) The Phantom of Paris (1931) Little Orphan Annie (1932) One Man's Journey (1933) The Crime Doctor (1934) His Greatest Gamble (1934) Wednesday's Child (1934) Grand Old Girl (1934) Captain Hurricane (1935) Our Little Girl (1935)

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