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.”
Overview
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.
Top-billed cast
Crew
- Director
- George D. Baker
- Writers
- George D. Baker, Kenneth Roberts
- Production
- Metro Pictures Corporation
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Who directed The Shell Game?
The Shell Game was directed by George D. Baker.
When was The Shell Game released?
The Shell Game was released in 1918.
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