Believe Me, Xantippe · 1918
Believe Me, Xantippe (1918) is a Comedy / Romance film directed by Donald Crisp, starring Wallace Reid, Ann Little, Ernest Joy.
ComedyRomance
Overview
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 escape arrest for nearly a year, despite the proliferation of police circulars bearing his name and his favorite expression, "Believe me, Xantippe." In a Colorado hunting lodge, he meets Sheriff Kamman's pretty daughter Dolly, who recognizes and tries to arrest him. According to the terms of the bet, however, he must be captured by a genuine officer of the law, which Dolly is not.
Cast
Wallace Reid, Ann Little, Ernest Joy, Henry Woodward, Noah Beery, James Cruze, Winifred Greenwood, Jim Farley
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What is "Believe Me, Xantippe" about?
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 escape arrest for nearly a year, despite the proliferation of police circulars bearing his name and his favorite expression, "Believe me, Xantippe." In a Colorado hunting lodge, he meets Sheriff Kamman's pretty daughter Dolly, who recognizes and tries to arrest him. According to the terms of the bet, however, he must be captured by a genuine officer of the law, which Dolly is not.
When was "Believe Me, Xantippe" released?
Believe Me, Xantippe was released in 1918.
Who stars in "Believe Me, Xantippe"?
The cast includes Wallace Reid, Ann Little, Ernest Joy, Henry Woodward.
