The Shell Game (1918)
"What is a shell game?" In this case Almond shells enter into the plot which is concerned with the schemes of a confident man de luxe.
New York confidence man "Silk" Wilkins ingratiates himself with millionaire Lawrence Gray, knowing Gray’s wife and daughter Zelda were lost in a flood eighteen years earlier. After promising to find Gray's daughter, Silk returns to his boardinghouse, where he finds Alice Sheldon, broke and about to commit suicide. Silk convinces Alice to pose as Zelda Gray and then notifies Lawrence via a note placed in an almond shell that he has found the lost daughter. Lawrence treats Alice so kindly that when Silk demands payment from her on Christmas morning, she refuses. Lawrence, who has overheard the conversation, enters and laughingly reveals that he had known of the frame-up all along. Grateful to Silk for finding him a wife, Lawrence writes the confidence man a large check.
- Date of release
- 1918-03-04
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- George D. Baker
Casting
- Joseph Kilgour — 'Silk' Wilkins
- Henry Kolker — Lawrence Gray
- Emmy Wehlen — Zlice Sheldon
- Ricca Allen — Landlady
- Donald MacBride — Vocal Teacher
- Fanny Cogan — Mrs. Wentworth
- Hugh Jeffrey — Headwaiter
- Richard Thornton — Hotel Manager
- Clarence Heritage — The Maestro
Interesting facts
The Shell Game, is a 1918 American silent drama film, directed by George D. Baker. It stars Emmy Wehlen, Henry Kolker, and Joseph Kilgour, and was released on March 4, 1918.
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