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The Dawn Maker

The Dawn Maker

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 23, 1916

Runtime

0h 50m

Genres

Western

Original Title

The Dawn Maker

Production Companies

Triangle Film Corporation

Director

William S. Hart

Description

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.