Feet of Clay

Feet of Clay

1924 · 100 min · ★ 7.0 · Fantasy, Drama

Kerry Harlan (La Rocque) is unable to work because he was injured in a battle with a shark, so his youthful wife Amy (Reynolds) becomes a fashion model. While she is away from home, Bertha, the wife of his surgeon, is trying to force her attentions on Kerry and is accidentally killed in an attempt to evade her husband. After the scandal Amy is courted by Tony Channing, but she returns to her husband and finds him near death from gas fumes. Because they both attempted to make suicide, their spirits are rejected by "the other side," and learning the truth from Bertha's spirit they fight their way back to life. This film is presumed lost.

Directed by Cecil B. DeMille

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Cast

Vera Reynolds Amy Loring
Rod La Rocque Kerry Harlan
Julia Faye Bertha Lansell
Ricardo Cortez Tony Channing
Robert Edeson Dr. Fergus Lansell
Theodore Kosloff Bendick
Victor Varconi Bookkeeper
William Boyd Young Society Man (uncredited)

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