Common Clay(1930)
When night life people are made to face the daylight, everything is revealed.
Young Ellen Neal gets work as a servant with the wealthy Fullerton family. She falls in love with the Fullerton's 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. But a surprise awaits them all.
Movie: Common Clay
Top 10 Billed Cast
Ellen Neal
Hugh Fullerton
W.H. Yates
Arthur Coakley
Richard Fullerton
Mrs. Neal
Edwards
Judge Samuel Filson
Hugh's sister
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