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The School Teacher and the Waif

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Calorie Rating: 24
Released: 1912-06-26
Running Time: 17 Minutes
Studios: American Mutoscope & Biograph,


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.

Director / Directors



Cast

Edwin August
Character: The School Teacher
Mary Pickford
Character: Nora, the Waif
Charles Hill Mailes
Character: Nora's Father

Bert Hendler
Character: A Street Fakir
Claire McDowell
Character: The Street Fakir's Sweetheart
William A. Carroll
Character: The Street Fakir's Assistant

Robert Harron
Character: Schoolboy

Ella Hall
Character: Schoolgirl (unconfirmed)
Grace Henderson
Character: A Mother
Mae Marsh
Character: Schoolgirl

Frank Opperman
Character: At the Bee
Alfred Paget
Character: At the Bee
Jack Pickford
Character: Extra

Antrim Short
Character: Student (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Billy Bitzer
Director of Photography