The Half-Breed / The Good Bad Man

The Half-Breed (1916)

A lifetime’s experience with bigotry convinced mixed-race frontiersman Lo Dorman (Douglas Fairbanks) that he was best off living alone in the woods. When he drew the romantic curiosity of a preacher’s daughter (Jewel Carmen), however, trouble and tragedy would follow him out there. Adaptation of Bret Harte’s “In the Carquinez Woods,” co-stars Alma Rubens, Sam De Grasse; Allan Dwan directs. 72 min. BW/Rtg: NR

The Good Bad Man (1916)

An itinerant outlaw answering to “Passin’ Through” (Douglas Fairbanks, who scripted) gets to rethink his self-worth when a good-natured marshal (Pomeroy Canon) sheds light on the shrouded past that caused him shame. Bessie Love, Sam De Grasse co-star; Allan Dwan directs. AKA: "Passing Through." 50 min. BW/Rtg: NR

Standard; Soundtrack: music score; audio commentary; featurette; image gallery. Silent with music score.