The School Teacher and the Waif

The School Teacher and the Waif

🎞️ Movie 17 min US
โ˜… 5.6 /10 1912

Nora, a wild girl who lives with her alcoholic father, is forced to attend school. The untamed girl, who does not know how to socialize, is soon taunted by the other children. She warms towards the kind schoolteacher, as he befriends and encourages her, until she is told to wear the dunce cap at a spelling bee. She then angrily leaves the school and encounters a slick huckster. He convinces her they will run away and be married. Meanwhile, the schoolteacher, concerned over the waif's absence, goes looking for her. He encounters her at a crossroad, being spirited away by the cad. He calls the man's bluff by telling them he will get the minister to marry them at once. The huckster high-tails it out of town, leaving a rejected Nora. The caring schoolteacher, lovingly escorts her back to school.

Direction

Cast

Edwin August
Edwin August
The School Teacher
Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford
Nora - the Waif
Charles Hill Mailes
Charles Hill Mailes
Nora's Father
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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
Kate Bruce
Kate Bruce
Josephine Crowell
Josephine Crowell
Ella Hall
Ella Hall
Schoolgirl
Robert Harron
Robert Harron
Schoolboy
G.W. Bitzer
G.W. Bitzer
Cinematographer