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The Shell Game
“"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.”
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Story
Synopsis
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.
- Director
- George D. Baker
- Writers
- George D. Baker, Kenneth Roberts
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
- Release date
- 4 March 1918
Ensemble
Cast
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
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