The Dawn Maker

The Dawn Maker

50 mins | Western | Sept. 23, 1916

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.

The Dawn Maker

50 mins | Western | Sept. 23, 1916

The Dawn Maker
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.
Producers Triangle Film Corporation
Original title The Dawn Maker
Directors William S. Hart
Writers C. Gardner Sullivan

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