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Common Clay (1930)

Common Clay poster
Directed by
Victor Fleming
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
NR
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young servant is seduced by the wealthy man of the house. When she becomes pregnant, his family treats her as a blackmailer.

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What happens

Common Clay is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Constance Bennett and Lew Ayres, based on the 1915 play of the same name by Cleves Kinkead which starred Jane Cowl. The film is about a young servant who is seduced by the master of the house who will having nothing else to do with her besides sex because she is of an inferior class. She becomes pregnant and seeks to have the child recognized but his family treats her as if she were a blackmailer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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