In the Days of Famine

May 22, 1915

0h 10m

★ 0.0

Overview

Jan De Bar, a young French-Canadian, is sent out from the Hudson Bay Company's post at God's Lake to perform the perilous task of burning the plague-stricken cabins of those who have died of the dreaded smallpox. In one of them he finds Jeanette, a little girl, who, by some miracle, has escaped the plague.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Vitagraph Company of America

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Cast

Jan De Bar

James Morrison

Jeanette aka Jean

Dorothy Kelly

Lt. Walker, R.C.M.P.

George Cooper

John Strang

Donald Hall

Jeanette as a Child

Violet Davis

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In the Days of Famine

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