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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) a man competing for the love of the local preacher's daughter (Jewel Carmen) with the local sheriff (Sam De Grasse).
- a story by Bret Harte In The Carquinez Woods
- D. W. Griffith
- July 30, 1916
- Douglas Fairbanks
The Half-Breed: Directed by Allan Dwan. With Douglas Fairbanks, Alma Rubens, Sam De Grasse, Tom Wilson. An outcast named Lo Dorman encounters a young woman lost in the woods. He defends her from danger in the forest and from Sheriff Dunn.
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- Western
- Allan Dwan
- 1916-07-30
Brief Synopsis. A Western outsider tries to help a woman on the run after killing her faithless lover. Cast & Crew. Read More. Allan Dwan. Director. Douglas Fairbanks. Lo Dorman. Alma Reuben. Teresa. Sam De Grasse. Sheriff Dunn. Tom Wilson. Curson. Frank Brownlee. Winslow Wynn. Photos & Videos. View All. Film Details. Also Known As.
- Allan Dwan
- Douglas Fairbanks
Scarecrow Press. Synopsis, historical analysis, personnel profiles, contemporary reviews, and discussion of the film The Half-Breed, released in 1916 by Triangle Motion Picture Company, starring Douglas Fairbanks, Alma Rubens, Sam De Grasse, Tom Wilson, and Jewel Carmen, and directed by Allan Dwan.
It opens with the tragic end of an interracial romance—the suicide of a Native American woman who has been seduced and abandoned by a white man. She leaves behind a son, Lo, or Sleeping Water (Douglas Fairbanks), who is raised by a white naturalist. When his adoptive father dies, white miners force Lo from his home at gunpoint.
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 ...
Directed by Allan Dwan. 70 min | 1916 | United States. Program Essay Borrow Title Buy Now. Available Formats 35mm, DCP, Blu-ray. Music Donald Sosin (on digital formats) About the Film. Ostracized from white society, Lo Dorman, a half-breed, lives in the forest on the outskirts of town with his adopted Indian grandfather.
