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The School Teacher and the Waif

The School Teacher and the Waif

IMDB:

4.8
The School Teacher and the Waif

Released

6/26/1912

Duration

0h 17m

Genre

Drama

Country

United States of America

Cast

Edwin August, Mary Pickford, Charles Hill Mailes

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.

Cast

Edwin August

The School Teacher

Edwin August

Mary Pickford

Nora, the Waif

Mary Pickford

Charles Hill Mailes

Nora's Father

Charles Hill Mailes

Bert Hendler

A Street Fakir

Bert Hendler

Claire McDowell

The Street Fakir's Sweetheart

Claire McDowell

William A. Carroll

The Street Fakir's Assistant

William A. Carroll

Robert Harron

Schoolboy

Robert Harron

Kate Bruce

Unknown Role

Kate Bruce

Josephine Crowell

Unknown Role

Josephine Crowell

Ella Hall

Schoolgirl (unconfirmed)

Ella Hall

Grace Henderson

A Mother

Grace Henderson

Mae Marsh

Schoolgirl

Mae Marsh

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