In the Days of Famine

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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.

Cast: James Morrison, Dorothy Kelly, George Cooper, Donald Hall, Violet Davis

Director: Theodore Marston

Genres: Drama

Cast

James Morrison

Jan De Bar

Dorothy Kelly

Jeanette aka Jean

George Cooper

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

Donald Hall

John Strang

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Violet Davis

Jeanette as a Child

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