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The Headmaster is a British film of genre Drama with Margot Drake
The Headmaster (1921)
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Add to a movie listThe Headmaster is a 1921 British silent comedy-drama film directed by Kenelm Foss and starring Cyril Maude, Margot Drake and Miles Malleson. It is based on the 1913 play The Headmaster by Edward Knoblock and Wilfred Coleby. 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.
Actors
Margot Drake
(Portia Sancturay)
Miles Malleson
(Palliser Grantley)
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