Seeing's Believing

Seeing's Believing is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Viola Dana, Allan Forrest, and Gertrude Astor.^[1]

Seeing's Believing
Newspaper advertisement
Directed by	Harry Beaumont
Written by	Edith M. Kennedy
Story by	Rex Taylor
Starring	Viola Dana Allan Forrest Gertrude Astor
Cinematography	John Arnold
Production company	Metro Pictures
Distributed by	Metro Pictures
Release date	May 1, 1922 (1922-05-01)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

As described in a film magazine,^[2] Diana Webster (Dana), a willful young woman with plenty of money, and Jimmy Harrison (McCullough), her Aunt Sue's (Astor) fiancé, are forced to stay all night in a country hotel because of a storm. Getting a single room, they pretend they are married to satisfy the concerns of the hotel manager. Jimmy sleeps on a cot in the hall, but hotel guest Bruce Terring (Forrest) does not know this. Later, Bruce meets Diana at her home where he is a guest, and his scandalous interpretation of her escapade infuriates the young woman. She decides to teach him a lesson and show him that "seeing is not always believing" by placing him in a similar unusual position. She hires an actor and his wife to frame a badger game on Bruce. However, the couple double-cross her and Diana is forced into a blackmailing scheme which forces Bruce to rescue her, resulting in a snappy but happy ending for Bruce and Diana.

Cast

• Viola Dana as Diana Webster
• Allan Forrest as Bruce Terring
• Gertrude Astor as Aunt Sue
• Philo McCullough as Jimmy Harrison
• Harold Goodwin as Hack Webster
• Edward Connelly as Henry Scribbins
• Josephine Crowell as Martha Scribbins
• Colin Kenny as Mr. Reed
• Grace Morse as Mrs. Reed
• J.P. Lockney as Sheriff