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Golden Dawn

47 %|Jun 14, 1930|Comedy, Drama, Music

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.

Featured Crew

Ray Enright
Director
William C. McGann
Assistant Director
Walter Anthony
Screenplay
Devereaux Jennings
Director of Photography
Rex Dunn
Original Music Composer
Frank B. Good
Director of Photography
Oscar Hammerstein II
Lyricist
Otto A. Harbach
Lyricist

Cast

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Noah Beery
Shep Keyes
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Edward Martindel
Col. Judson
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Nina Quartero
Maid-in-Waiting
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Otto Matieson
Capt. Eric
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Julanne Johnston
Sister Hedwig
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Nigel De Brulier
Hasmali the Witch Doctor (uncredited)