Master and Man | |
Cinematography: | Gustav Pauli |
Studio: | British Screen Productions |
Distributor: | British Screen Productions |
Runtime: | 8,700 feet[1] |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Language: | Sound (Synchronized) Silent Version English intertitles |
Master and Man is a 1929 British drama film directed by George A. Cooper and starring Anne Grey, Henri De Vries and Olaf Hytten.[2] 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.
A manager of a motor works is sacked for being too old, leading him into a bitter dispute with his former employer.
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).