Battle of Rorke's Drift a touring English Northern Union rugby league team defeated Australia 14–6 to win the Ashes in the final Test match. Depleted by injuries and fielding only ten men for much of the second half, the English outclassed and outfought the Australians in what quickly became known as the 'Rorke's Drift Test'. In 1914, the Edison Company made a two-reel silent film titled Rorke's Drift starring Richard Tucker. The 1964 film "Zulu" produced by Stanley Baker is a depiction of the Battle of Rorke's Drift. The film received generally positive reviews from the critics. Some details of the film's account are,
Testimony (1920 film) Testimony (1920 film) Testimony is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Guy Newall and starring Ivy Duke, David Hawthorne and Mary Rorke. It was based on the novel of the same title by Alice and Claude Askew. As summarized in a film publication, a farmer, Gilian Lyons (Hawthorne), lives with his mother Rachel Lyons (Rorke), who is tyrannical in her devotion to her son. Gilian braves his mother s anger and marries Althea May (Duke), who moves in with them. Rachel, who had been training Lucinda (Everest) for eventual marriage to her son, vents her spleen against Althea.