''God's Clay'' is a 1919 British
silent drama film
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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
Janet Alexander
Janet Alexander (16 July 1878 in Ewell, Surrey, England, UK – 28 June 1961 in Kensington, London, England, UK) was a British actress.
Born as Kate Janet Alexander, she was the daughter of schoolmaster Charles Dallas Alexander and Helen Kate ' ...
,
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
blackmailer
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.
Cast
*
Janet Alexander
Janet Alexander (16 July 1878 in Ewell, Surrey, England, UK – 28 June 1961 in Kensington, London, England, UK) was a British actress.
Born as Kate Janet Alexander, she was the daughter of schoolmaster Charles Dallas Alexander and Helen Kate ' ...
as Angela Clifford
*
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'' ...
as Geoffrey Vance
*
Maud Yates as Poppy Stone
*
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 ...
as Horace Newton
*
Nancy Kenyon
*
Adeline Hayden Coffin
*
J. Hastings Batson
References
External links
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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
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