The Slacker

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = The Slacker | image = Theslacker-lobbyposter-1917.jpg | caption = Lobby Poster | director = Christy Cabanne | studio = Metro Pictures | writer = | starring = Emily Stevens | music = | cinematography = William Fildew | editing = Mildred Richter | distributor = Metro Pictures | released = {{film date|1917|7|16}} | runtime = 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. [[File:The Slacker ad in Motion Picture News (Jul-Aug 1917) (IA motionpicturenew161unse) (page 220 crop).jpg|thumb|372x372px|''The Slacker'' ad in ''Motion Picture News'', 1917]] A popular film with the U.S. Army causing a spike in Army recruitment just after the US entry into World War I.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=2338|title=Detail view of Movies Page|website=www.afi.com|access-date=May 28, 2016|archive-date=March 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329074701/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=2338|url-status=live}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2778/default.html|title=Slacker|date=25 October 2017|website=memory.loc.gov|access-date=May 28, 2016|archive-date=August 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816093729/http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2778/default.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|The Slacker}} *{{IMDb title|0008590}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Slacker, The}} Category:1917 American films Category:1917 drama films Category:1917 English-language films Category:1917 films Category:American black-and-white films Category:American silent drama films Category:American silent feature films Category:English-language drama films Category:Films directed by Christy Cabanne Category:Metro Pictures films