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In the Days of Famine

In the Days of Famine

1915•10m
Drama

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.

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Production

Vitagraph Company of America

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

James Morrison

James Morrison

Jan De Bar

Dorothy Kelly

Dorothy Kelly

Jeanette aka Jean

George Cooper

George Cooper

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

Donald Hall

Donald Hall

John Strang

Violet Davis

Jeanette as a Child

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