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The Half-Breed
Also known as [The Flames of ’49] : {The Half Breed}, {The Halfbreed}
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Allan Dwan
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks [Lo Dorman], Alma Reuben (Alma Rubens) [Teresa], Sam de Grasse [Sheriff Dunn], Tom Wilson [Curson], Frank Brown Lee (Frank Brownlee) [Winslow Wynn], Jewel Carmen [Nellie], George Beranger (André Beranger) [Jack Brace], Elmo Lincoln [the doctor], Art Rosson, [?] Wyatt Earp?
The Fine Arts Film Company production; distributed by Triangle Film Corporation. / Scenario by Anita Loos, from the short story “In the Carquinez Woods” by Bret Harte. Production supervised by D.W. Griffith. Cinematography by Victor Fleming. / Premiered 9 July 1916 at the Rialto Theatre, in New York, New York. Released 30 July 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: In the Carquinez Woods. The story was subsequently filmed as Tongues of Flame (1918). The film was rereleased in the USA on State Rights basis by S.A. Lynch Enterprises, Incorporated.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.1748.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive (Dawson City collection) [35mm nitrate positive (2076 feet, reels 1 nd 2), 35mm acetate duplicate negative (2076 feet, reels 1 and 2)]; in the National Film, Television and Sound Archives of Canada film archive [35mm positive (2076 feet, reels 1 nd 2)]; in La Cinémathèque française film archive [35mm Pathé diacetate positive (1924 rerelease version, 4320 feet)]; in the film holdings of Cohen Media Group (Raymond Rohauer collection) [35mm duplicate positive]; in the film holdings of Lobster Films, Paris [16mm reduction positive (unidentified abridged rerelease version, 836 feet)]; and in private film collections [incomplete 16mm reduction positives (1974? rerelease version)].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Fires - Law: Enforcement: Police: Sheriffs - Native Americans - Rescues
Listing updated: 27 January 2024.
References: Film credits, film viewing : AFI-F1 n. F1.1748; Bardèche-History p. 115; Bogdanovich-Dwan pp. 8, 42, 43; Card-Seductive p. 54 : ClasIm-241 p. 5 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Joe Moore.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc; DVD.
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