The School Teacher and the Waif

The School Teacher and the Waif

1912
17m
4.8

4.8/10

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Overview

Nora, the waif, is forced to attend school. She warms to her teacher for the way that he defends her against the taunts of some of the students, but when she's made to wear a dunce cap, she flees the schoolhouse in shame. Unsupervised by her alcoholic father, Nora becomes a determined truant, wandering the town during school hours. There she catches the attention of a huckster, who convinces her that they will run away and be married. The schoolmaster, meanwhile, preoccupied by Nora's absence, leaves his other students to go find her. He encounters her at a crossroads, being spirited away by the huckster, and calls the man's bluff by saying that he'll find them a minister.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
American Mutoscope & Biograph
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
No Language

Quick Facts

Release Date June 26, 1912
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0002478

Cast

Edwin August
Edwin August

The School Teacher

Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford

Nora, the Waif

Charles Hill Mailes
Charles Hill Mailes

Nora's Father

Bert Hendler
Bert Hendler

A Street Fakir

Claire McDowell
Claire McDowell

The Street Fakir's Sweetheart

William A. Carroll
William A. Carroll

The Street Fakir's Assistant

Robert Harron
Robert Harron

Schoolboy

Kate Bruce
Kate Bruce

Josephine Crowell
Josephine Crowell

Ella Hall
Ella Hall

Schoolgirl (unconfirmed)

Grace Henderson
Grace Henderson

A Mother

Mae Marsh
Mae Marsh

Schoolgirl

Key Crew

D.W. Griffith
Director

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