Release Date

30 Jul, 1916

Runtime

01:12: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

The Half-Breed

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Actors

Douglas Fairbanks

Alma Rubens

Sam De Grasse

Tom Wilson

Frank Brownlee

Jewel Carmen

George Beranger

Elmo Lincoln

Winifred Westover

Wyatt Earp

Crew

Allan Dwan

Anita Loos

Bret Harte

Victor Fleming

D.W. Griffith