Red Clay (film)

Red Clay
Red Clay
Directed by	Ernst Laemmle
Written by	Charles A. Logue; Sarah Saddoris; Richard Thorpe; Ruth Todd
Produced by	Carl Laemmle
Starring	William Desmond; Marceline Day; Albert J. Smith
Cinematography	Benjamin H. Kline
Production; company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	April 17, 1927;
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent; English intertitles

Red Clay is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Ernst Laemmle and starring William Desmond, Marceline Day and Albert J. Smith.^[1]

Synopsis

Native American John Nisheto serves with the American Army in France during World War I where he saves the life of Jack Burr, the son of a senator. Back in the United States Jack, not realising it is the same man who saved him, objects to John's courting of his sister due to his ethnicity despite John's success as a scholar and athlete. Only too late does Jack come to realise the truth after John is mortally wounded.

Cast

William Desmond as Chief John Nisheto
Marceline Day as Agnes Burr
Albert J. Smith as Jack Burr
Byron Douglas as Sen. Burr
Billy Sullivan as Bobb Lee
Lola Todd as Betty Morgan
Noble Johnson as Chief Bear Paw
Felix Whitefeather as Indian chief
Ynez Seabury as Minnie Bear Paw

References

^ Connelly p.400

Bibliography

Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.