Common Clay
Cast & Crew
George Fitzmaurice
Fannie Ward
Easter Walters
Fred Goodwins
John Cossar
Helen Dunbar
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Synopsis
When department store clerk Ellen Neal grows dissatisfied with her job, her friend Jennie Peters convinces her to visit a cabaret, where she becomes an innocent victim of a police raid. After spending the night in jail and resolving to lead a better life, Ellen obtains a position as maid in the wealthy Fullerton home, where she falls in love with the son, Hugh. After Hugh leaves for war service, Ellen gives birth to his baby. She appeals to the Fullertons for help, but they bring the case to family friend Judge Filson. It is disclosed that Ellen is actually the illegitimate daughter of the judge himself and a woman who committed suicide after her baby was born. The judge accepts Ellen as his daughter. When Hugh returns home from the war, he falls in love anew with Ellen, despite his parents' protests, and the couple are married.
Director
George Fitzmaurice
Cast
Fannie Ward
Easter Walters
Fred Goodwins
John Cossar
Helen Dunbar
W. E. Lawrence
John Barrows
Mary Alden
Andrew Arbuckle
Henry A. Barrows
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Notes
A. H. Woods also presented the New York production of the stage play, which opened on August 26, 1915 and won the "Harvard prize." The film was remade in 1930 for Fox by Victor Fleming and in 1936 by Roy Del Ruth. The 1930 film starred Constance Bennett, and the 1936, Robert Taylor and Loretta Young.
