Golden Dawn

Golden Dawn

A glorious romance of the Dark Continent! Weird! Thrilling! Unbelievable!

1930 · 83 min · ★ 5.5 · 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.

Directed by Ray Enright · Written by Walter Anthony

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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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