Master and Man (1929 film)

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.

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).