Master and Man (1929 film)
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Master and Man is a 1929 British
drama film
directed by George A. Cooper
and starring Humberston Wright
, Henri De Vries
and Maurice Braddell. A manager of a motor works is sacked for being too old, leading him into a bitter dispute with his former employer. It was based on a play by Henry Pettitt
.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by George A. Cooper
George A. Cooper (director)
George A. Cooper was a British screenwriter and film director.-Selected filmography:* The Eleventh Commandment * Claude Duval * Settled Out of Court * Somebody's Darling * If Youth But Knew...
and starring Humberston Wright
Humberston Wright
Humbertson Wright was a British film actor. He is sometimes credited as Humberstone Wright.-Selected filmography:* Thelma * God's Clay * The Garden of Resurrection * Henry, King of Navarre...
, Henri De Vries
Henri De Vries
-Selected filmography:* Cleopatra * The Woman Who Obeyed * The Celestial City * Murder at Covent Garden * Strange Experiment...
and Maurice Braddell. A manager of a motor works is sacked for being too old, leading him into a bitter dispute with his former employer. It was based on a play by Henry Pettitt
Henry Pettitt
Henry Alfred Pettitt , was a British actor and dramatist.With Augustus Harris, he wrote the play Burmah, produced on Broadway in 1896. With G. R...
.
Cast
- Maurice Braddell ... Dick Waring
- Mary BroughMary BroughMary Bessie Brough was an English actress in theatre, silent films and early talkies, including several Aldwych farces....
... Mrs. Wilkes - Henri De VriesHenri De Vries-Selected filmography:* Cleopatra * The Woman Who Obeyed * The Celestial City * Murder at Covent Garden * Strange Experiment...
... Richard Waring - Winifred EvansWinifred EvansWinifred Evans was a British actress. In 1921 she appeared as a Germany spy in the controversial film How Kitchener Was Betrayed which was ultimately banned.-Selected filmography:* The Happy Warrior * The Lady Clare...
- Anne GreyAnne GreyAnne Grey was a British actress, who appeared in 44 films between 1928 and 1939, including some Hollywood films during the late 1930s. She was educated at Lausanne and King's College London....
... Celia Waring - Olaf HyttenOlaf HyttenOlaf Hytten was a Scottish film actor. He appeared in over 280 films between 1921 and 1955.He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and died in Los Angeles, California from a heart attack...
... Lord Overbury - Betty Siddons ... Dorothy Blount
- Frank StanmoreFrank StanmoreFrank Stanmore was an English film actor. He appeared in 76 films between 1914 and 1938.He was born in London and died in Gravesend, Kent.-Selected filmography:* Love's Boomerang...
... Wilkes - Humberston WrightHumberston WrightHumbertson Wright was a British film actor. He is sometimes credited as Humberstone Wright.-Selected filmography:* Thelma * God's Clay * The Garden of Resurrection * Henry, King of Navarre...
... Thomas Blount