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The Shell Game (1918)
50 min | Drama

The Shell Game (1918)

50 min | Drama

Acting on his belief that most people become sentimental at Christmas time and are therefore easy prey, New York confidence man "Silk" Wilkins ingratiates himself with millionaire Lawrence Gray, whose wife and little daughter Zelda were ...See moreActing on his belief that most people become sentimental at Christmas time and are therefore easy prey, New York confidence man "Silk" Wilkins ingratiates himself with millionaire Lawrence Gray, whose wife and little 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 attempting to escape her desperate financial straits through 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. See less

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Emmy Wehlen Zlice Sheldon / Zelda Gray Zlice Sheldon / Zelda Gray See fewer	The Duchess of Doubt (1917)
Henry Kolker Lawrence Gray Lawrence Gray See fewer	Holiday (1938)
Joseph Kilgour 'Silk' Wilkins 'Silk' Wilkins See fewer	My Lady's Slipper (1916)
Fanny Cogan Mrs. Wentworth Mrs. Wentworth See fewer	The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns (1919)
Ricca Allen Landlady Landlady See fewer	The Power and the Glory (1918)
Hugh Jeffrey Headwaiter Headwaiter See fewer	The Pretenders (I) (1916)
Richard Thornton Hotel Manager Hotel Manager See fewer	Anna Karenina (1915)
Clarence Heritage The Maestro The Maestro See fewer	The Price of Possession (1921)
Donald MacBride Vocal Teacher Vocal Teacher See fewer	The Seven Year Itch (1955)