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The Half-Breed (1916)

The Half-Breed (1916)

Western
Release Date: 1916, July 30
Directors: Allan Dwan
Countries: United States of America
Production: Fine Arts Film Company
Cast: Wyatt Earp, Tom Wilson, Elmo Lincoln, Douglas Fairbanks, Frank Brownlee, Alma Rubens, George Beranger, Sam De Grasse, Winifred Westover, Jewel Carmen

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.

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