The Hoosier Schoolmaster
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Directed byOliver L. Sellers
Written byEve Stuyvesant
Based onThe Hoosier Schoolmaster
by Edward Eggleston
Produced byWhitman Bennett
StarringHenry Hull
Jane Thomas
Frank Dane
CinematographyEdward Paul
Production
company
Whitman Bennett Productions
Distributed byW. W. Hodkinson Corporation
Release date
  • February 14, 1924 (1924-02-14) (U.S)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Hoosier Schoolmaster is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Oliver L. Sellers and starring Henry Hull, Jane Thomas, and Frank Dane.[1] It is an adaptation of the novel The Hoosier Schoolmaster by Edward Eggleston.[2] The film was remade as a post-Civil War talkie in 1935.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,[3] during pre-Civil War days, Ralph Hartsook is the headmaster in the Flat Creek School District of Indiana. Hannah Thompson works for the family where Ralph boards. They fall in love. An epidemic of night robberies breaks out and Ralph is suspected of being the criminal. After a variety of adventures and with the aid of Bud Means, Ralph establishes his innocence, confounds his enemies, and weds Hannah.

Cast

  • Henry Hull as Ralph Hartsook
  • Jane Thomas as Hannah Thompson
  • Frank Dane as Dr. Small
  • Mary Foy as Old Mis' Means
  • Walter Palm as Old Jack Means
  • Nat Pendleton as Bud Means
  • Dorothy Allen as Mirandy Means
  • G.W. Hall as Bill Means
  • George Pelzer as Squire Hawkins
  • Arthur Ludwig as Pete Jones
  • Frank Andrews as John Pearson
  • Harold McArthur as Walter Johnson
  • Tom Brown as Shocky Thompson
  • Adolf Link as Dutchy Snyder
  • Jerry Sinclair as Prosecuting Attorney Bronson
  • Dorothy Walters as Nancy Sawyer
  • Dick Lee as Jeems Phillips

Preservation

A print of The Hoosier Schoolmaster with one reel missing is held at the UCLA Film and Television Archive and Library of Congress.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Darby p. 424
  2. ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: The Hoosier Schoolmaster at silentera.com
  3. ↑ Pardy, George T. (March 29, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: The Hoosier Schoolmaster". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 24. Retrieved October 24, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ↑ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Hoosier Schoolmaster

Bibliography

  • Darby, William. Masters of Lens and Light: A Checklist of Major Cinematographers and Their Feature Films. Scarecrow Press, 1991. ISBN 0-8108-2454-X
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