A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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	Joseph Graybill (left), Blanche Sweet and Edwin August. Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: Blanche Sweet [Edith, the schoolmarm], Edwin August [Jack, her fiance], Joseph Graybill [the village half-wit], Edna Foster [Little Billy], Kate Bruce [Edith’s mother], Claire McDowell [the half-wit’s mother], Frank Evans [Jack’s father], Alfred Paget [the farmer], [?] ? [a snubbed suitor], Robert Harron [a student against back wall], Edward Dillon [a student], Marie Newton [a student]

Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / © 29 July 1911 by Biograph Company. Released 24 July 1911. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Location footage was shot in Westfield, New Jersey.

Drama: Romance.

Survival status: Print exists [16mm reduction positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 27 December 2022.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Barry-Griffith p. 42; Drew-Speaking p. 285; Spehr-American p. 1 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.