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6.6In an attempt to brand himself as a serious actor, the smiling swashbuckler Douglas Fairbanks starred in THE HALF-BREED (1916), a Western melodrama written by Anita Loos and directed with flair by Allan Dwan. Fairbanks stars as Lo Dorman, who has been ostracized from society because of this mixed ethnicity - his Native American mother was abandoned by his white father. When Lo catches the eye of the rich white debutante Nellie (Jewel Carmen), he becomes a target for the racist Sheriff Dunn (Sam De Grasse), who wants to break them up and take Nelli for his own. This love triangle becomes a quadrangle with the arrival of Teresa (Alma Rubens), who is on the run from the law. Through fire and fury Lo must decide who and what he truly loves.
Released: 1916-07-3072 minDir: Allan DwanWestern
Cast
- Douglas Fairbanks as Lo Dorman
- Alma Rubens as Teresa
- Sam De Grasse as Sheriff Dunn
- Tom Wilson as Curson
- Frank Brownlee as Winslow Wynn
- Jewel Carmen as Nellie
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- Published
- 1916
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- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Director
- Allan Dwan
- Cast member
- Jewel Carmen
- Producer
- D. W. Griffith
- Filming location
- California
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- P462
- black-and-white
- P6216
- public domain
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1916 American films1916 drama films1916 English-language films1916 filmsAmerican black-and-white filmsAmerican silent drama filmsAmerican silent feature filmsEnglish-language drama filmsFilms based on works by Bret HarteFilms directed by Allan DwanFilms shot in CaliforniaFilms with screenplays by Anita Loos