Common Clay (1930 film)

Common Clay

Directed by	Victor Fleming
Written by	Cleves Kinkead (novel) Jules Furthman
Starring	Constance Bennett Lew Ayres
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release dates	August 1, 1930 (1930-08-01)
Running time	89 min
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.7 million^[1]^[2]

Common Clay is a 1930 American Pre-Code film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Constance Bennett and Lew Ayres, based on the play of the same name by Cleves Kinkead which starred Jane Cowl.^[3] The film was about a young servant who is seduced by the master of the house but he won't have anything to do with her other than sex because of her low status. She ultimately falls pregnant with his child which he doesn't want and when she tries to gain recognition for the baby, his family treats her as if she was a common blackmailer.

Cast

Constance Bennett as Ellen Neal
Lew Ayres as Hugh Fullerton
Tully Marshall as W.H. Yates
Matty Kemp as Arthur Coakley
Purnell Pratt as Richard Fullerton
Beryl Mercer as Mrs. Neal
Charles McNaughton as Edwards
Hale Hamilton as Judge Samuel Filson
Genevieve Blinn as Mrs. Fullerton

Trivia

Common Clay was one of the highest grossing films of 1930 and it made Constance Bennett into a Hollywood star.

A previous version of the play had been filmed before in the silent era in 1919 by director George Fitzmaurice and starring Fannie Ward. It is now lost.

References

↑ Quigley Publishing Company "The All Time Best Sellers", International Motion Picture Almanac 1937-38 (1938) p 942 accessed 19 April 2014
↑ "WHICH CINEMA FILMS HAVE EARNED THE MOST MONEY SINCE 1914?.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) (Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 4 March 1944. p. 3 Supplement: The Argus Weekend magazine. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
↑ Common Clay as produced on Broadway at the Theatre Republic, August 26 1915 to May 1916, 316 performances; IBDb.com

External links

Common Clay at the Internet Movie Database
Synopsis: Common Clay, allmovie.com; accessed February 10, 2016.

Films directed by Victor Fleming

When the Clouds Roll by (1919)
The Mollycoddle (1920)
Mama's Affair (1921)
Woman's Place (1921)
The Lane That Had No Turning (1922)
Red Hot Romance (1922)
Anna Ascends (1922)
Dark Secrets (1923)
Law of the Lawless (1923)
To the Last Man (1923)
The Call of the Canyon (1923)
Code of the Sea (1924)
Empty Hands (1924)
The Devil's Cargo (1925)
Adventure (1925)
A Son of His Father (1925)
Lord Jim (1925)
The Blind Goddess (1926)
Mantrap (1926)
The Way of All Flesh (1927)
Hula (1927)
The Rough Riders (1927)
Abie's Irish Rose (1928)
The Awakening (1928)
Wolf Song (1929)
The Virginian (1929)
Common Clay (1930)
Renegades (1930)
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks (1931)
Red Dust (1932)
The Wet Parade (1932)
Treasure Island (1934)
Reckless (1935)
The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935)
Captains Courageous (1937)
Test Pilot (1938)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Tortilla Flat (1942)
A Guy Named Joe (1943)
Adventure (1945)
Joan of Arc (1948)

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