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The Fighting Schoolmaster

The Fighting Schoolmaster

1911Short
ShortDrama

Before the Civil War, George Harris, a Yankee schoolteacher, takes charge of a southern country school. He is attracted by Nellie Gardner, his prettiest pupil, but his attentions are resented by her big brother Phil, also a pupil....

Director
N/A
Writers
N/A
Stars
Robert Gaillard, Edith Storey, James Morrison
Release Date
October 16, 1911
Language
None, English
Country
United States
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🎭 Top Cast

Robert Gaillard
Robert Gaillard
as George Harris - the Fighting Schoolmaster
Edith Storey
Edith Storey
as Nellie Gardner
James Morrison
James Morrison
as Phil Gardner - Nellie's Brother

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Production
Vitagraph Company of America

🎯 Categories

DramaShort

⭐ Featured Review

One doesn't expect too much of war pictures
by deickemeyer2016-05-04

"The fighting schoolmaster was a Yankee in the south when Sumter was fired on. Between him and a Southern girl (Miss Story takes the part) there had been something more than mere friendship; but this was changed by his marching off with the Union troops. The war's last battle raged around the heroine's home. The schoolmaster-soldier saved her brother's life and the boys in blue, Lee having surrendered, carry the boy home. It closes with a love scene. The picture as a whole has some freshness; one doesn't expect too much of war pictures. It is well acted and the scenes are we..."

📖 Synopsis

Before the Civil War, George Harris, a Yankee schoolteacher, takes charge of a southern country school. He is attracted by Nellie Gardner, his prettiest pupil, but his attentions are resented by her big brother Phil, also a pupil....