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The Dawn Maker

191650mMovieWestern

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.

DirectorWilliam S. Hart
WriterC. Gardner Sullivan
ProducerThomas H. Ince

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Cast · Directed by William S. Hart

WHWilliam S. Hart
William S. Hart
Joe Elk
BW
Blanche White
Alice McRae
WDWilliam Desmond
William Desmond
Bruce Smithson
JBJ. Frank Burke
J. Frank Burke
Walter McRae
JG
Joe Goodboy
Chief Troubled Thunder

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The Dawn Maker hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around November 11, 1916. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.