The City Slicker

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The City Slicker

1918

0h 12m

5.2(10 votes)

Comedy

Overview

Our hero gets a job at a hotel in the country and proceeds to introduce some changes, installing gadgets and time-saving devices.

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14 members

Acting

Harold Lloyd

Harold

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Harry 'Snub' Pollard

Snub / The Bell Boy / The Cook

Acting

Bebe Daniels

The Girl

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Helen Gilmore

Girl's Mother

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William Blaisdell

Bebe's rejected suitor

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Gus Alexander

Unknown Role

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Sammy Brooks

Unknown Role

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Lige Conley

(as Lige Cromley)

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Billy Fay

Unknown Role

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William Gillespie

Unknown Role

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Wally Howe

Unknown Role

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Dee Lampton

Driver

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Gus Leonard

Old man playing checkers

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Charles Stevenson

(as Charles E. Stevenson)

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