The School Teacher and the Waif (1912)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1912-06-26
Runtime: 17 minutes
Director: D.W. Griffith
Top Cast
- Edwin August as The School Teacher
- Mary Pickford as Nora, the Waif
- Charles Hill Mailes as Nora's Father
- Bert Hendler as A Street Fakir
- Claire McDowell as The Street Fakir's Sweetheart
- William A. Carroll as The Street Fakir's Assistant
- Robert Harron as Schoolboy
- Kate Bruce as
- Josephine Crowell as
- Ella Hall as Schoolgirl (unconfirmed)
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