Directed by:
Allan DwanScreenplay:
Anita LoosCinematography:
Victor FlemingCast:
Douglas Fairbanks, Alma Rubens, Sam De Grasse, Tom Wilson, Frank Brownlee, Jewel Carmen, George Beranger, Elmo Lincoln, Wyatt EarpPlots(1)
In an attempt to brand himself as a serious actor, the smiling swashbuckler Douglas Fairbanks starred in The Half-Breed, 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. (Kino Lorber)
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Douglas Fairbanks
USA
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Alma Rubens
USA
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Sam De Grasse
Canada
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Tom Wilson
USA
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Frank Brownlee
USA
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Jewel Carmen
USA
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
The Half-Breed (1916)
George Beranger
Australia
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
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The Half-Breed (1916)
Elmo Lincoln
USA
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Wyatt Earp
USA
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The Half-Breed (1916)