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The Headmaster is a 1921 British silent comedy-drama film directed by Kenelm Foss and starring Cyril Maude, Margot Drake and Miles Malleson.[1] It is based on the 1913 play The Headmaster by Edward Knoblock and Wilfred Coleby. The film can be summarized as 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.

The Headmaster
Directed by	Kenelm Foss
Written by	Kenelm Foss
Based on	The Headmaster by Edward Knoblock and Wilfred Coleby
Produced by	H.W. Thompson
Starring	Cyril Maude Margot Drake Miles Malleson
Production company	Astra Films
Distributed by	Astra Films
Release date	January 1921
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Cast

• Cyril Maude as Rev. Cuthbert Sanctuary
• Margot Drake as Portia Sanctuary
• 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

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

• The Headmaster at IMDb

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