Master and Man is a 1929 British drama film directed by George A. Cooper and starring Anne Grey, Henri De Vries and Olaf Hytten. Due to the public's apathy towards silent films, a sound version was also produced in 1929. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it features a synchronized musical score with sound effects along with a theme song. The film was based on the play Master and Man by George Robert Sims and Henry Pettitt, though Cooper is also credited on a novelization published by The London Book Company. It was made at Isleworth Studios.
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Plot
A manager of a motor works is sacked for being too old, leading him into a bitter dispute with his former employer.
Cast
Henri De Vries as Richard Waring
Anne Grey as Celia Waring
Humberston Wright as Thomas Blount
Olaf Hytten as Lord Overbury
Maurice Braddell as Dick Waring
Mary Brough as Mrs. Wilkes
Betty Siddons as Dorothy Blount
Frank Stanmore as Wilkes
Winifred Evans
Music
The sound version of the film features a theme song entitled “Tho’ Castles Tumble Down” by Pat Heale, Stanley Damerell and Robert Hargreaves (words) and Harry Tilsley and Tolchard Evans (music).