Golden Dawn

Overview

Dawn, a young white girl who has been kidnapped in infancy and reared by Mooda, an African woman who operates a canteen in the German cantonment, meets and falls in love with Tom Allen, an English rubber planter who is a prisoner of war. Shep Keyes, who has joined the German troops, covets her but realizes he cannot possess her because she is betrothed to the tribal god, Mulunghu. On the eve of the ceremony, he learns of her love for Tom. Tom, meanwhile, is sent back to England, and when the English take the territory from the Germans, Shep tries to incite the natives, who are experiencing a drought, against Dawn because of her love of a mortal. Tom learns from Mooda that Dawn was stolen from a white trader and finds her seeking refuge in a convent. Shep arouses the natives, but Dawn declares her faith in the white man's God, and a thunderstorm brings relief to the parched land, after which Tom claims her for his bride.

Cast

Walter Woolf King

Tom Allen

Vivienne Segal

Dawn

Noah Beery

Shep Keyes

Dick Henderson

Duke

Lupino Lane

Pigeon

Marion Byron

Joanna

Edward Martindel

Col. Judson

Nina Quartero

Maid-in-Waiting

Sôjin Kamiyama

Piper

Otto Matieson

Capt. Eric

Julanne Johnston

Sister Hedwig

Nigel De Brulier

Hasmali the Witch Doctor (uncredited)

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Alice Gentle

Mooda

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