''God's Clay'' is a 1919 British silent

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directed by

Arthur Rooke Arthur Henry Rooke (18 May 1878 – 1947) was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Rooke had worked in the theatre for many years before he went into films. He initially co-directed several films with A.E. Coleby, but later began ...

and starring

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Humberston Wright Humberston Wright (27 September 1876 – 1953), sometimes credited as Humberstone Wright or Humberston H. Wright, was a British film actor. Filmography * '' Trapped by the London Sharks'' (1916) * '' Thelma'' (1918) * '' The Secret Woman'' ...

and Maud Yates. It is an adaptation of the novel '' God's Clay'' by Claude Askew and Alice Askew. The story was adapted for a 1928 film '' God's Clay'' directed by

Graham Cutts John Henry Graham Cutts (1884 – 7 February 1958), known as Graham Cutts, was a British film director, one of the leading British directors in the 1920s. His fellow director A. V. Bramble believed that Gainsborough Pictures had been built ...

Plot

A respectable woman's position in society is threatened by a

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Cast

as Angela Clifford *

as Geoffrey Vance * Maud Yates as Poppy Stone *

as Horace Newton * Nancy Kenyon * Adeline Hayden Coffin * J. Hastings Batson

References

External links

* 1919 films British silent feature films 1919 drama films 1910s English-language films Films directed by Arthur Rooke Films based on British novels British black-and-white films 1910s British films Silent British drama films English-language drama films {{1910s-UK-film-stub