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The Hoosier Schoolmaster (1935 film)

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The Hoosier Schoolmaster
Directed byLewis D. Collins
Written byCharles Logue
Based onThe Hoosier Schoolmaster
by Edward Eggleston
Produced byPaul Malvern
StarringNorman Foster
Charlotte Henry
Otis Harlan
CinematographyHarry Neumann
Edited byCarl Pierson
Music byMischa Bakaleinikoff
Production
company
Paul Malvern Productions
Distributed byMonogram Pictures
Release date
  • May 15, 1935 (1935-05-15)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Hoosier Schoolmaster is a 1935 American historical drama film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Norman Foster, Charlotte Henry and Otis Harlan.[1] It was distributed by the independent studio Monogram Pictures. It is an adaptation of the 1871 novel The Hoosier Schoolmaster by Edward Eggleston, which had previously been made into two silent films.[2]

Plot

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In the wake of the American Civil War, a former Union soldier settles in southern Indiana to become a schoolmaster. As this is largely butternut country, he receives a great deal of hostility from locals who had supported the Confederates.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Fetrow p.290
  2. ^ Goble p.144

Bibliography

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  • Considine, David M. The Cinema of Adolescence. McFarland, 1985.
  • Fetrow, Alan G. Sound films, 1927-1939: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1992.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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