The Half-Breed

The Half-Breed

72 mins | Western | July 30, 1916

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.

The Half-Breed

72 mins | Western | July 30, 1916

The Half-Breed
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Fine Arts Film Company
Original title The Half-Breed
Directors Allan Dwan
Writers Bret Harte, Anita Loos

Cast

Douglas Fairbanks

as Lo Dorman

Alma Rubens

as Teresa

Sam De Grasse

as Sheriff Dunn

Tom Wilson

as Curson

Frank Brownlee

as Winslow Wynn

Jewel Carmen

as Nellie

George Beranger

as Jack Brace

Elmo Lincoln

as The Doctor