
Film
The Half-Breed
1916 · 1h 12m · Western
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Overview
In 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.
Cast

Douglas Fairbanks
Lo Dorman

Alma Rubens
Teresa

Sam De Grasse
Sheriff Dunn

Tom Wilson
Curson

Frank Brownlee
Winslow Wynn

Jewel Carmen
Nellie

George Beranger
Jack Brace

Elmo Lincoln
The Doctor

Winifred Westover
Belle-the-Blonde
Wyatt Earp
Face in the Crowd
Crew
- Allan DwanDirector
- Anita LoosWriter
- Bret HarteStory
- D.W. GriffithProducer
Media
Details
- Release date
- July 30, 1916
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Genres
- Western
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