Hitchcock's first version of class warfare, but make it silent and extra petty.
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village. The original silent version of a film Hitchcock later adapted with sound.
Acting
Edmund Gwenn's full-body smugness as nouveau riche Hornblower.
Direction
Doxat-Pratt's surprisingly modern blocking for 1921.
Director
B.E. Doxat-Pratt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hitchcock's 1931 remake kept the same title but expanded the role of the auction scene, which he considered the original's weak point.
The 'skin game' itself refers to an actual 19th-century English slang for swindling — fitting for a story where everyone's conning themselves about their own virtue.
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