The Slacker

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The Slacker
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Directed by	Christy Cabanne
Starring	Emily Stevens
Cinematography	William Fildew
Edited by	Mildred Richter
Production company	Metro Pictures
Distributed by	Metro Pictures
Release date	July 16, 1917 (1917-07-16)
Running time	6 or 7 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Slacker is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Emily Stevens. It was produced and distributed by Metro Pictures.

Cast
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A popular film with the U.S. Army causing a spike in Army recruitment just after the US entry into World War I.^[1]

Cast

Emily Stevens as Margaret Christy
Walter Miller as Robert Wallace
Leo Delaney as John Harding
Daniel Jarrett as Henry Wallace
Eugene Borden as George Wallace
Millicent Fisher as Virginia Lambert
Sue Balfour as Mrs. Christy
Mathilde Brundage as Mrs. McAllister
Ivy Ward as Child with Flag (credited as Baby Ivy Ward)
Charles Fang as Valet
Belle Bruce - ?
Dorothy Haydel - ?
W. E. Lawrence - ?
Gilbert P. Hamilton - ?
Evelyn Converse - ?

Preservation

The film is preserved by MGM with possible deposit at George Eastman House.^[2]

References

↑ "Detail view of Movies Page". www.afi.com.
↑ "Slacker". memory.loc.gov. October 25, 2017.

External links

Media related to The Slacker at Wikimedia Commons
The Slacker at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Christy Cabanne
1910s	The Dishonored Medal (1914) The Great Leap; Until Death Do Us Part (1914) The Life of General Villa (1914) Martyrs of the Alamo (1915) Enoch Arden (1915) The Absentee (1915) Double Trouble (1915) The Lost House (1915) The Failure (1915) The Outlaw's Revenge (1915) The Lamb (1915) Daphne and the Pirate (1916) Sold for Marriage (1916) Diane of the Follies (1916) The Flying Torpedo (1916) Reggie Mixes In (1916) Flirting with Fate (1916) Miss Robinson Crusoe (1916) National Red Cross Pageant (1917) Draft 258 (1917) One of Many (1917) The Slacker (1917) Cyclone Higgins, D.D. (1917) The Mayor of Filbert (1918) The Pest (1919) God's Outlaw (1919) Fighting Through (1919) The Beloved Cheater (1919) A Regular Fellow (1919)
1920s	Life's Twist (1920) The Notorious Mrs. Sands (1920) Burnt Wings (1920) The Triflers (1920) The Stealers (1920) The Barricade (1921) What's a Wife Worth? (1921) Live and Let Live (1921) At the Stage Door (1921) Till We Meet Again (1922) Beyond the Rainbow (1922) Youth for Sale (1924) Lend Me Your Husband (1924) The Sixth Commandment (1924) The Spitfire (1924) Is Love Everything? (1925) The Midshipman (1925) The Masked Bride (1925) The Average Woman (1925) Monte Carlo (1925) Altars of Desire (1926) Annapolis (1928) Nameless Men (1928) Driftwood (1928) Restless Youth (1928) Conspiracy (1928)
1930s	The Dawn Trail (1930) Carne de Cabaret (1930) Convicted (1931) Graft (1931) Sky Raiders (1931) Hearts of Humanity (1931) The Red-Haired Alibi (1932) Western Limited (1932) The Unwritten Law (1932) The Midnight Patrol (1932) Hotel Continental (1932) The World Gone Mad (1932) Daring Daughters (1933) Midshipman Jack (1933) When Strangers Meet (1933) Money Means Nothing (1934) Jane Eyre (1934) A Girl of the Limberlost (1934) Storm Over the Andes (1934) Behind the Green Lights (1935) Storm Over the Andes (1935) Another Face (1935) One Frightened Night (1935) The Keeper of the Bees (1935) Rendezvous at Midnight (1935) The Last Outlaw (1936) It's Up to You (1936) Don't Tell the Wife (1936) The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937) We Who Are About to Die (1937) Criminal Lawyer (1937) Annapolis Salute (1937) You Can't Beat Love (1937) The Westland Case (1937) Night Spot (1937) Everybody's Doing It (1938) This Marriage Business (1938) Smashing the Spy Ring (1938) Mutiny on the Blackhawk (1938) Tropic Fury (1939) Legion of Lost Flyers (1939) Man from Montreal (1939)
1940s	The Mummy's Hand (1940) Black Diamonds (1940) Danger on Wheels (1940) Hot Steel (1940) Alias the Deacon (1940) The Devil's Pipeline (1940) Scattergood Baines (1941) Scattergood Meets Broadway (1941) Scattergood Pulls the Strings (1941) Drums of the Congo (1942) Scattergood Rides High (1942) Timber (1942) Scattergood Survives a Murder (1942) Top Sergeant (1942) Cinderella Swings It (1942) Keep 'Em Slugging (1943) Dixie Jamboree (1943) Sensation Hunters (1945) King of the Bandits (1945) Scared to Death (1947) Robin Hood of Monterey (1947) Silver Trails (1948) Back Trail (1948)

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The Slacker

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Cast

Preservation

References

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