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The Headmaster (film)

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Genre
  
Drama

Director
  
Kenelm Foss

Production companies
  
Astra Films

Country
  
United Kingdom

Language
  
Silent English intertitles

Writer
  
Edward Knoblock
,
Wilfred Coleby

Release date
  
January 1921

Cast
  
Miles Malleson, Cyril Maude, Lionelle Howard, Marie Illington, Simeon Stuart, Margot Drake

Genres
  
Comedy, Silent film, Drama film

The Headmaster is a 1921 British silent comedy-drama film directed by Kenelm Foss and starring Cyril Maude, Margot Drake and Miles Malleson. It is based on the 1913 play The Headmaster by Edward Knoblock and Wilfred Coleby. A clergyman working as the headmaster of a school tries to persuade his daughter to marry the idiotic son of an influential figure in the hope of being promoted to bishop.

Cast

  • Cyril Maude as Rev. Cuthbert Sanctuary
  • Margot Drake as Portia Sancturay
  • Miles Malleson as Palliser Grantley
  • Marie Illington as Cornelia Grantley
  • Lionelle Howard as Jack Strahan
  • Simeon Stuart as Dean of Carchester
  • Ann Trevor as Antigone Sanctuary
  • Louie Freear as Bella
  • Will Corrie as Sgt. Munton
  • Alan Selby as Richards
  • Gordon Craig as Stuart Minor

    • References

    The Headmaster (film) Wikipedia
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    The Headmaster (film) IMDb


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