Under Suspicion (1918)

Under Suspicion

1918

Comedy Mystery

Synopsis

Gerry Simpson (Bushman) meets newspaper reporter Virginia Blake (Bayne) and, after learning that she has no use for the idle rich, decides to become a reporter and make Virginia believe he is poor in order to win her. Both are very happy until Virginia comes to believe that Gerry is responsible for a series of robberies that have occurred at fashionable functions. She goes to his apartment but is interrupted by Gerry's valet. Gerry arrives home in time to save Virginia from the wrath of the crooked valet and after the thief is brought to justice, Virginia, convinced of Gerry's innocence, promises to marry him.

Credits

Director

Will S. Davis

Cast

Arthur Housman as Red Hogan

Beverly Bayne as Virginia Blake

Eva Gordon as Mrs. Alice Woolworth

Francis X. Bushman as Gerry Simpson

Frank Montgomery as Sweeney

Franklyn Hanna as Chief of Detectives

Hugh Jeffrey as Rogers

Jack Newton as Cassidy