Common Clay (1930)
1h 29m
Running Time
August 1, 1930Release Date
Common Clay (1930)
1h 29m
Running Time
August 1, 1930Release Date
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Plot.
Young Ellen Neal gets work as a servant with the wealthy Fullerton family. She falls in love with the Fullerton's handsome young son. But he leaves her with child, and when she attempts to gain recognition for her child, the Fullerton family treats her as a blackmailer. But a surprise awaits them all.
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Cast & Crew.
Constance Bennett
Ellen Neal
Lew Ayres
Hugh Fullerton
Tully Marshall
W.H. Yates
Matty Kemp
Arthur Coakley
Purnell Pratt
Richard Fullerton
Beryl Mercer
Mrs. Neal
Charles McNaughton
Edwards
Hale Hamilton
Judge Samuel Filson
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Common Clay is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Constance Bennett and Lew Ayres, based on the 1915 play of the same name by Cleves Kinkead which starred Jane Cowl.The film is about a young servant who is seduced by the master of the house who will having nothing else to do with her besides sex because she is of an inferior class. She becomes pregnant and seeks to have the child recognized but his family treats her as if she were a blackmailer.