The Hoosier Schoolmaster (1924 film)
{{short description|1924 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Hoosier Schoolmaster
| image = The Hoosier Schoolmaster (1924) - 1.jpg
| caption = Advertisement
| director = Oliver L. Sellers
| producer =Whitman Bennett
| writer = Eve Stuyvesant
| based_on = {{basedon|The Hoosier Schoolmaster|Edward Eggleston}}
| starring = Henry Hull
Jane Thomas
Frank Dane
| music =
| cinematography = Edward Paul
| editing =
| studio = Whitman Bennett Productions
| distributor = W. W. Hodkinson Corporation
| released = {{Film date|1924|02|14|U.S}}
| runtime = 60 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
| budget =
| gross =
}}
The Hoosier Schoolmaster is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Oliver L. Sellers and starring Henry Hull, Jane Thomas, and Frank Dane.Darby p. 424 It is an adaptation of the novel The Hoosier Schoolmaster by Edward Eggleston.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/H/HoosierSchoolmaster1924.html Progressive Silent Film List: The Hoosier Schoolmaster] at silentera.com The film was remade as a post-Civil War talkie in 1935.
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,{{cite journal |last=Pardy |first=George T. |title=Box Office Reviews: The Hoosier Schoolmaster |journal=Exhibitors Trade Review |volume= |issue= |pages=24 |publisher=Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation |date=29 March 1924 |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibi00newy/page/n317/mode/1up |accessdate=24 October 2022}} {{Source-attribution}} 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
{{Cast listing|
- 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.[http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3163/default.html Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Hoosier Schoolmaster]
References
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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}}
External links
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- {{IMDb title|0015001}}
- [https://moviessilently.com/2020/08/10/the-hoosier-schoolmaster-1924-a-silent-film-review/ Stills] at moviessilently.com
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Category:1920s English-language films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:Silent American drama films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Oliver L. Sellers
Category:Producers Distributing Corporation films
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