In the Days of Famine

Synopsis

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.

Director

Theodore Marston

Written by

James Oliver Curwood

Studio

Vitagraph Company of America

Released

22 May 1915

Genres

Drama