The 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. The film can be summarized as 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.
Cast
Cyril Maude as Rev. Cuthbert Sanctuary
Margot Drake as Portia Sanctuary
Miles Malleson as Palliser Grantley
Marie Illington as Cornelia Grantley
Lionelle Howard as Jack Strahan
Simeon Stuart as Dean of Carchester
Ann Trevor as Antigone Sanctuary
Louie Freear as Bella
Will Corrie as Sgt. Munton
Alan Selby as Richards
Gordon Craig as Stuart Minor