''The Hoosier Schoolmaster'' is a 1924 American silent

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directed by Oliver L. Sellers and starring

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, Jane Thomas, and

Frank Dane Frank Dane was a British actor of the silent era. Dane was born Frank Hughbert Thomas Crust on 7 June 1885 in Deal, Kent. He died in 1957 at age 71 in Chichester, Sussex. Selected filmography * '' A Daughter of England'' (1915) * ''Justice'' ( ...

. It is an adaptation of the novel '' The Hoosier Schoolmaster'' by

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. The film was remade as a post-

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talkie in 1935.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, 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

Preservation

A print of ''The Hoosier Schoolmaster'' with one

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missing is held at the

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and

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.Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''The Hoosier Schoolmaster''
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References

Bibliography

* Darby, William. ''Masters of Lens and Light: A Checklist of Major Cinematographers and Their Feature Films''. Scarecrow Press, 1991.

External links

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