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The School Teacher and the Waif (1912)

★ 4.8/10 17 min Drama United States English
Director: D.W. Griffith
Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

Top 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 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

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