''The Hoosier Schoolmaster'' is a 1935 American

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directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring

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and

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. It was distributed by the

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studio

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. It is an adaptation of the 1871 novel '' The Hoosier Schoolmaster'' by Edward Eggleston, which had previously been made into two

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s.Goble p.144

Plot

In the wake of the

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, a former Union soldier settles in southern Indiana to become a

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. As this is largely butternut country, he receives a great deal of hostility from locals who had supported the Confederates.

Cast

References

Bibliography

* 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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