The School Teacher and the Waif

The School Teacher and the Waif 1912 Directed by D.W. Griffith

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.

Country USA

Production Country USA

Language English

Spoken Language No Language

Gnere Drama

Production Company American Mutoscope & Biograph

Release Date 26 June 1912

17 mins