God's Clay (1919 film)

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God's Clay
Directed byArthur Rooke
Based on God's Clay by Claude Askew and Alice Askew
StarringJanet Alexander

Humberston Wright

Maud Yates
Release date
1919
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

God's Clay is a 1919 British silent drama film directed by Arthur Rooke and starring Janet Alexander, Humberston Wright and Maud Yates. [1] 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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A respectable woman's position in society is threatened by a blackmailer.

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References

  1. "God's Clay (1919) | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 27 May 2009. Retrieved 17 November 2016.