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In the Days of Famine
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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

James Morrison

Jan De Bar

James Morrison

Dorothy Kelly

Jeanette aka Jean

Dorothy Kelly

George Cooper

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

George Cooper

Donald Hall

John Strang

Donald Hall

Violet Davis

Jeanette as a Child

Violet Davis