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Believe Me, Xantippe

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1918Movie⏱️ 50m
ComedyRomanceWestern

George MacFarland, a wealthy young man who loves adventure, bets his friends Thornton Brown and Arthur Sole $20,000 that he can commit a crime and elude the police for a year. After he forges a check, George heads West and does es...

Director
Donald Crisp
Writers
John Frederick Ballard, Olga Printzlau
Stars
Wallace Reid, Ann Little, Ernest Joy
Release Date
June 2, 1918
Language
None
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Wallace Reid
Wallace Reid
as George MacFarland
Ann Little
Ann Little
as Dolly Kamman
Ernest Joy
Ernest Joy
as Thornton Brown
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Henry Woodward
as Arthur Sole
Noah Beery
Noah Beery
as Sheriff Kamman
James Cruze
James Cruze
as Simp Calloway
Winifred Greenwood
Winifred Greenwood
as Violette
Jim Farley
Jim Farley
as Detective Thorne
Charles Ogle
Charles Ogle
as Wrenn Wrgley
Clarence Geldert
Clarence Geldert
as Williams

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Production
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company

🏷️ Keywords

coloradolost filmbased on play

🎯 Categories

ComedyRomanceWestern

⭐ Featured Review

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by F Gwynplaine MacIntyre β€’ 2003-10-24

"Silent-film star Wallace Reid is (like Roscoe Arbuckle) unfairly remembered for a scandal which didn't accurately reflect his true life or career. Because Reid usually played clean-cut go-getters on screen, his fans were shocked when his early death revealed the effects of long-term morphine abuse. This was actually the fault of front-office executives at Reid's home studio: when Reid was severely injured in a railway accident en route to a filming location, his producers forced him to keep working under heavy medication so that the production schedule would not be affected. After ge..."

πŸ’‘ Did You Know?

This film is thought to be lost.

πŸ“– Synopsis

George MacFarland, a wealthy young man who loves adventure, bets his friends Thornton Brown and Arthur Sole $20,000 that he can commit a crime and elude the police for a year. After he forges a check, George heads West and does es...