
The School Teacher and the Waif
Drama
Lenguage:17 min
Duration:en
Release date:Jun 26, 1912
Calificacion:4.8
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.
Cast

Edwin AugustThe School Teacher

Mary PickfordNora, the Waif

Charles Hill MailesNora's Father
Bert HendlerA Street Fakir

Claire McDowellThe Street Fakir's Sweetheart

William A. CarrollThe Street Fakir's Assistant

Robert HarronSchoolboy

Kate Bruce

Josephine Crowell

Ella HallSchoolgirl (unconfirmed)