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The School Teacher and the Waif

The School Teacher and the Waif

1912Short⏱️ 17m
ShortComedyDrama
5.7
IMDB Rating
98 votes

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 befrie...

Director
D.W. Griffith
Writers
N/A
Stars
Edwin August, Mary Pickford, Charles Hill Mailes
Release Date
June 27, 1912
Language
None, English
Country
United States
💬 4
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Edwin August
Edwin August
as The School Teacher
Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford
as Nora - the Waif
Charles Hill Mailes
Charles Hill Mailes
as Nora's Father
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Bert Hendler
as A Street Fakir
Claire McDowell
Claire McDowell
as The Street Fakir's Sweetheart
William A. Carroll
William A. Carroll
as The Street Fakir's Assistant
Kate Bruce
Kate Bruce
Josephine Crowell
Josephine Crowell
Ella Hall
Ella Hall
as Schoolgirl
Robert Harron
Robert Harron
as Schoolboy

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
California, USA
Production
Biograph Company

🏷️ Keywords

farm girlrefusing to go to schoolfarmer's daughterfirst day of schoolmale teacher female student relationship

🎯 Categories

ComedyDramaShort

⭐ Featured Review

The waif is a praiseworthy bit of work
by deickemeyer2016-12-11

"Little Mary Pickford plays in this picture a pathetic, but very attractive waif, "Mad-cap Madge," who is forced to go to school. She is a very original harem-scarem who is the butt of the other school children. The plot of the story is very simple. She falls in love with a traveling patent medicine man. The teacher (a man) saves her from making a false step and falls in love with her himself. In the way the changing situation is developed, and in the quality of the acting, there is much Biograph atmosphere, but while part is as fine as can be, parts (the schoolhouse scenes), are very..."

📖 Synopsis

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 befrie...