| The Hoosier Schoolmaster | |
| Director: | Oliver L. Sellers |
| Producer: | Whitman Bennett |
| Starring: | Henry Hull Jane Thomas Frank Dane |
| Cinematography: | Edward Paul |
| Studio: | Whitman Bennett Productions |
| Distributor: | W. W. Hodkinson Corporation |
| Runtime: | 60 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent (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.
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.
A print of The Hoosier Schoolmaster with one reel missing is held at the UCLA Film and Television Archive and Library of Congress.[4]