The School Teacher and the Waif
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.
Release Date
June 26, 1912Runtime
17 minGenres
DramaDirected by
D.W. GriffithLanguage
EnglishBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
Released![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/lDFGyx8En1bZawyHgE0ojV0wtxM.jpg)
Cast
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/cpnHZ8of3zIXpsGG6jsLl7dCZ8s.jpg)
Edwin August
The School Teacher![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/y0FHoj9AjmVveKkdeFuqhuVYaTf.jpg)
Mary Pickford
Nora, the Waif![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/At3GtUXi9WLKero09JGxxVCY6Ph.jpg)
Charles Hill Mailes
Nora's Father![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/lITEhC4pY2UiqmItzQMBnexxcMU.jpg)
Claire McDowell
The Street Fakir's Sweetheart![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/3gjo067eUPQskvrN7TkVX42f9rT.jpg)
William A. Carroll
The Street Fakir's Assistant![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/8uqveFAwItcd5Ty2OEMPM37bbZb.jpg)
Robert Harron
Schoolboy![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/oLC99DsB0gkPdsZJRi0d1D1B4hD.jpg)
Kate Bruce
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/tWAM1i3JvmtUQ3BnKXo8mhHknN1.jpg)
Josephine Crowell
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/67A99kOrIVe7CaP7JqxmfWi7qFj.jpg)
Ella Hall
Schoolgirl (unconfirmed)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/h9DRMmxkbujKEBV4wKyS7hF5nqm.jpg)
Grace Henderson
A Mother![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/1PDFSBQCwJ1yteuffEJgwSrAVra.jpg)
Mae Marsh
Schoolgirl![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/hHwmtTj7qfE8Aquzpv8MOkgRQ3k.jpg)
Frank Opperman
At the Bee![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/rGXy9gRwMRb6GhU8bQeReH56hsJ.jpg)
Alfred Paget
At the Bee![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/iSCajrPZY0pVD4gFrl1PsZyE2kr.jpg)
Jack Pickford
Extra![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/l7aacdm4o7sNhiHlMfRlPXSzyd1.jpg)
Antrim Short
Student (uncredited)