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The Americano
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by John Emerson
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks [Blaze Derringer], Alma Reubens (Alma Rubens) [Juana de Castelar], Spottiswood Aitken [Presidente Hernando de Castelar], Carl Stockdale [Salza Espada], Tote du Crow [Alberto de Castille], Charlie Stevens (Charles Stevens) [Colonel Gargaras], Lillian Langdon [Señora de Castille], Tom Wilson [Harold Armitage ‘Whitey’ White], Mildred Harris [the stenographer]
The Fine Arts Film Company production; distributed by Triangle Distributing Corporation. / Scenario by Anita Loos and John Emerson, from the novel Blaze Derringer by Eugene P. Lyle Jr. Production supervised by D.W. Griffith. Cinematography by Victor Fleming. Intertitles written by Anita Loos. / Released 28 January 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working titles: Mr. Breeze and The Pet of Patagonia. The film was rereleased in the USA by Tri-Stone Pictures, Incorporated in [?] 1923 or 1924? The film was rereleased in the USA by S.A. Lynch Enterprises, Incorporated. The novel was subsequently filmed as American Pluck (1925).
Drama: Adventure.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.0107.
Survival status: Print exists [16mm reduction positive (Tri-Stone rerelease version)].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Americans (Abroad) - Arrests - Coups d’état - Families: Father-daughter relationships - Foremen - Marriages: Forced - Mines - Political prisoners - Presidents - Rescues - South America
Listing updated: 22 May 2012.
References: Film credits, film viewing : AFI-F1 n. F1.0107; Bardèche-History p. 115; Lahue-Triangle p. 42; Limbacher-Feature p. 8; Slide-FineArts pp. 54, 63, 64, 65, 135, 158, 175; Tarbox-Lost pp. 228, 252, 279.
Home video: DVD.
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