God's Witness (1915)
A Four Part Story with a Punch in Every Scene-Depending Upon a Very Peculiar and Interesting Trick of the Camera for the Most Stirring Climax Ever Conceived for a Motion Picture
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A story is told of a woman who, disinherited after a scandal, later needs expensive surgery. Her father, General Darrington, initially refuses her plea for money, so she sends her daughter, Beryl, to him. The General dies from a falling andiron, Beryl is arrested, and a will favors a lawyer named Lennox. Beryl's brother, Bertie, arrives and provides exculpatory testimony supported by Lennox, who appears with a lightning-imprinted photograph. The siblings eventually discover love between Beryl and Lennox.
- Release date
- May 20, 1915
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Arthur Bauer as Gen. Darrington
- Mary Elizabeth Forbes as Mrs. Darrington
- Adeline O'Connor as Ella Darcy (the Darringtons' daughter)
- Sidney Bracey as Leo Darcy
- Florence La Badie as Beryl Darcy
- J. Morris Foster as Bertie Darcy
- Miss J. Williams as Nurse Dyce
- Harris Gordon as Lennox Dunbar
- Justus D. Barnes as Judge
- Marie Shotwell as Undetermined Role
Crew
- Eugene Moore · Director
- Augusta Jane Evans Wilson · Writer
- Edwin Thanhouser · Producer
- Alfred Huger Moses Jr. · Cinematographer