Western · United States of America · 1916 · 50m

The Dawn Maker

Director

Cast

William S. Hart as Joe Elk Blanche White as Alice McRae William Desmond as Bruce Smithson J. Frank Burke as Walter McRae Joe Goodboy as Chief Troubled Thunder

Crew

Joseph H. August — Director of Photography C. Gardner Sullivan — Screenplay Thomas H. Ince — Producer

Synopsis

Half-breed Joe Elk wavers between the "civilized" nature of his white father and the passion of his Indian mother. He falls in love with Alice McRae, but Alice is in love with Bruce Smithson, who is an officer at the Hudson Bay Trading Company.

Key Collaborators

William S. Hart Director Joseph H. August Director of Photography C. Gardner Sullivan Screenplay Thomas H. Ince Producer

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