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In the Days of Famine
In the Days of Famine

In the Days of Famine

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Drama

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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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Original Language

English

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Release Date

22 May 1915

Country

United States of America

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

Violet Davis

Jeanette as a Child

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