Watch The School Teacher and the Waif (1912) Online

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. Read More

Watch The School Teacher and the Waif online. Featuring Edwin August and Mary Pickford, The School Teacher and the Waif is classified as Drama genre movie with an average rating across the web of 4.3. It is available for streaming online in the UK The movie was filmed in United States of America and was released on 1912. The School Teacher and the Waif was directed by D.W. Griffith. Read Less