The School Teacher and the Waif

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.

Main Cast

Edwin August

The School Teacher

Age : N/A | Popularity : 6%

Mary Pickford

Nora, the Waif

Age : 87 | Popularity : 6%

Charles Hill Mailes

Nora's Father

Age : 66 | Popularity : 10%

Bert Hendler

A Street Fakir

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Claire McDowell

The Street Fakir's Sweetheart

Age : 88 | Popularity : 5%

William A. Carroll

The Street Fakir's Assistant

Age : 53 | Popularity : 3%

Robert Harron

Schoolboy

Age : 27 | Popularity : 5%

Kate Bruce

Age : 86 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Camera	Director of Photography	Billy Bitzer
Directing	Director	D.W. Griffith
Department	Role	Name

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