The Slave Market is a 1917 American adventure silent film directed by Hugh Ford and written by Clara Beranger and Frederic Arnold Kummer. Starring Pauline Frederick, Thomas Meighan, Al Hart, Ruby Hoffman, and Wellington A. Playter, it was released on January 1, 1917, by Paramount Pictures.
The film premiered at the Strand Theatre in New York City and had an additional opening at the Garrick Theatre in Minneapolis, MN in January 1917.
Cast Pauline Frederick as Ramona Thomas Meighan as John Barton Al Hart as Firebrand Ruby Hoffman as Anna Wellington A. Playter as Portuguese Joe
Preservation The Slave Market is currently presumed lost. In February of 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.
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