''God's Clay'' is a 1928 British silent

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directed by

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and starring Anny Ondra, Trilby Clark,

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and Franklyn Bellamy.BFI.org
/ref> It is an adaptation of the novel ''God's Clay'' by Claude Askew and Alice Askew. It had previously been made into a 1919 film of the same name. The film was made at Elstree Studios by the British

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of the

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Plot

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

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Cast

* Anny Ondra as Angela Clifford * Trilby Clark as Poppy Stone * Franklyn Bellamy as Jaspar Murgatroyd *

as Geoffrey Vance * Marie Ault as Hannah *

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as Duke * Bernard Vaughan as Butler * Antoinette Brough as Mary Robbins *

Annie Esmond Annie Esmond (27 September 1873 – 4 January 1945) was a British stage and film actress. Esmond was born in Surrey, England. She made her stage debut in pantomime in Sheffield in 1891 and later appeared on the American as well as British stage ...

as Minor role

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachel. ''The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929''. Routledge, 1997.

External links

* 1928 films 1928 drama films British silent feature films Films directed by Graham Cutts Films based on British novels Films set in London Films set in Cornwall Films shot at British International Pictures Studios Remakes of British films British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent British drama films English-language drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub