Sham is a lost[1] 1921 American silent romantic drama directed by Thomas N. Heffron and starring Ethel Clayton and Theodore Roberts.

[2] Based upon a description in a film publication,[3] Katherine Van Riper (Clayton) is an extravagant young society girl who is very much in debt, and her wealthy aunts and uncle refuse to give her any money.

Katherine is desperate enough that she is considering marrying the wealthy Montee Buck (Hiers), although she is in love with the westerner Tom Jaffrey (Fillmore), who says he is poor.

Finally, Katherine decides to sell the famous Van Riper pearls, pay off her debts, and marry Tom.

However, upon examination the jewelry turns out to be paste, with her father having sold the genuine pearls several years earlier before his death.