Young Ellen Neal gets work as a servant with the wealthy Fullerton family and falls in love with their handsome young son. But he leaves her with child, and when she attempts to gain recognition for her child, the Fullerton family treats her as a blackmailer.
If you have an afternoon to kill and you like watching rich people get their feelings hurt, Common Clay is definitely worth a look. It is the kind of movie that people who love pre-code Hollywood will eat up, but if you hate crackly audio and over-the-top sobbing, you should probably skip it. It’s one of those stories...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Victor Fleming
Edward LeSaint
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"If you have an afternoon to kill and you like watching rich people get their feelings hurt, Common Clay is definitely worth a look. It is the kind of movie that people who love pre-code Hollywood will eat up, but if you hate crackly audio and over-the-top sobbing, you should probably skip it. It’s one of those stories that feels like it was written by someone who just had a really bad day at a service job. Constance Bennett is Ellen, and she is everything in this movie. 💅 She starts out worki..."
Constance Bennett
Jules Furthman, Cleves Kinkead
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