The Shell Game (1918)
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
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Joseph Kilgour as 'Silk' Wilkins |
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Henry Kolker as Lawrence Gray |
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Emmy Wehlen as Zlice Sheldon |
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Ricca Allen as Landlady |
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Donald MacBride as Vocal Teacher |
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Fanny Cogan as Mrs. Wentworth |
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Hugh Jeffrey as Headwaiter |
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Richard Thornton as Hotel Manager |
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Clarence Heritage as The Maestro |
| Directing | George D. Baker | Director |
| Writing | George D. Baker | Writer |
| Writing | Kenneth Roberts | Story |
| Production | Maxwell Karger | Supervising Producer |
| Crew | Eugene Gaudio | Cinematography |
