Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 1916
The Half-Breed (1916 film)
Buy The Half-Breed (1916 film) now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
'The Half-Breed' is a 1916 film directed by Allan Dwan. It stars Douglas Fairbanks as Lo ("Sleeping Water") Dorman a man competing for the love of the local preacher's daughter (Jewel Carmen) with the local sheriff (Sam De Grasse). The audience, however, are informed that Sheriff Dunn is actually Lo's father.
Monica Nolan has suggested that the film follows the "common strategy of exposing racism and then evading a real confrontation with its consequences" by arranging for Lo to meet a more worthy (and politically acceptable) love interest, Teresa (Alma Rubens), "who, as both a Mexican and an outlaw, is his social equal."
The film was shot at in Sequoia National Park and near Santa Cruz, California.
Prints and/or fragments were found in the Dawson Film Find in 1978.
Cast
*Douglas Fairbanks as Lo Dorman
*Alma Rubens as Teresa
*Sam De Grasse as Sheriff Dunn
*Tom Wilson as Dick Curson
*Frank Brownlee as Winslow Wynn
*Jewel Carmen as Nellie
*George Beranger as Jack Brace
References
Buy The Half-Breed (1916 film) now from Amazon
<-- Return to movies from 1916