The Fighting Schoolmaster(1911)

🎬14 min
📅1911-10-16
🎭Drama

Overview

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. They quarrel and a fight ensues, in which the teacher gets the better of Phil. Nellie will not forgive Harris for striking her brother.

Production

Vitagraph Company of America

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Cast

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