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Story by
  
E. Phillips Oppenheim

Genre
  
Silent film

Country
  
United States

Director
  
John S. Robertson

Production
  
Famous Players-Lasky

Duration
  


Language
  
Silent (English intertitles)

Release date
  
April 6, 1919

Based on
  
E. Phillips Oppenheim (novel The Malefactor, c.1906)

Writer
  
E. Phillips Oppenheim (novel), Eve Unsell (scenario)

Cast
  
John Barry, Constance Binney

Related John S. Robertson movies
  
Come Out of the Kitchen (1919), The Single Standard (1929), The Enchanted Cottage (1924), Captain Salvation (1927)

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.

Contents

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).

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.

    References

    The Test of Honor Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    The Test of Honor IMDb