God's Clay (1919 film)
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God's Clay is a 1919 British
silent
drama film
directed by Arthur Rooke
and starring Janet Alexander
, Humberston Wright
and Maud Yates
. A respectable woman's position in society is threatened by a blackmailer. 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
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Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Arthur Rooke
Arthur Rooke
Arthur Rooke 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 directing films by himself...
and starring Janet Alexander
Janet Alexander
-Selected filmography:* Queen's Evidence * God's Clay * The Hour of Trial * Henrietta Maria; or, The Queen of Sorrow * Empress Josephine; Or, Wife of a Demigod * Not Quite a Lady * High Seas...
, Humberston Wright
Humberston Wright
Humbertson Wright was a British film actor. He is sometimes credited as Humberstone Wright.-Selected filmography:* Thelma * God's Clay * The Garden of Resurrection * Henry, King of Navarre...
and Maud Yates
Maud Yates
-Selected filmography:* Jane Shore * What Every Woman Knows * Thelma * The Romance of Lady Hamilton * God's Clay * The Green Terror * Castles in Spain -External links:...
. A respectable woman's position in society is threatened by a blackmailer. 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
Graham Cutts
Graham Cutts was a British film director who was one of the leading British directors in the 1920s. His fellow director A. V. Bramble believed that Gainsborough Pictures had been built on the back of his work. His daughter was actress Patricia Cutts...
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Cast
- Janet AlexanderJanet Alexander-Selected filmography:* Queen's Evidence * God's Clay * The Hour of Trial * Henrietta Maria; or, The Queen of Sorrow * Empress Josephine; Or, Wife of a Demigod * Not Quite a Lady * High Seas...
as Angela Clifford - Humberston WrightHumberston WrightHumbertson Wright was a British film actor. He is sometimes credited as Humberstone Wright.-Selected filmography:* Thelma * God's Clay * The Garden of Resurrection * Henry, King of Navarre...
as Geoffrey Vance - Maud YatesMaud Yates-Selected filmography:* Jane Shore * What Every Woman Knows * Thelma * The Romance of Lady Hamilton * God's Clay * The Green Terror * Castles in Spain -External links:...
as Poppy Stone - Arthur RookeArthur RookeArthur Rooke 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 directing films by himself...
as Horace Newton - Nancy Kenyon
- Adeline Hayden CoffinAdeline Hayden Coffin-Selected filmography:* The Manxman * The Sands of Time * God's Clay * After Many Days * The Greater Love * The Call of the Road * The Holiday Husband * The Black Spider...
- J. Hastings Batson