| The Half-Breed | |
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| Directed by | Allan Dwan |
| Written by | Anita Loos |
| Based on | a story by Bret Harte In The Carquinez Woods |
| Produced by | D. W. Griffith |
| Starring | Douglas Fairbanks |
| Cinematography | Victor Fleming |
| Distributed by | Triangle |
Release date |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | Silent..English titles |
The Half-Breed is a 1916 film directed by Allan Dwan. It stars Douglas Fairbanks as Lo Dorman (a pun, as it phonetically means "Sleeping Water" in French)[1] 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."[2]
The film was shot at in Sequoia National Park and near Santa Cruz, California.[2]
Prints and/or fragments were found in the Dawson Film Find in 1978.
- ^ "The Half-Breed (Allan Dwan, 1916) à voir en ligne sur HENRI, la plateforme des collections films de la Cinémathèque française". www.cinematheque.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-02-24.
- ^ a b "The Half-Breed". San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Retrieved 14 October 2016.