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The Americano is a 1916 American silent adventure / romantic comedy film directed by John Emerson and stars Douglas Fairbanks in his last production for Triangle Film Corporation. Based on the novel Blaze Derringer, by Eugene P. Lyle, Jr., the scenario was written by John Emerson and Anita Loos who also wrote the film's intertitles. The film was re-released by S.A. Lynch Enterprises on August 21, 1923. Three 16mm prints and one 8mm print of the film still exists. Set in a fictional South American country of Paragonia, it has been described as one of a group of films that supported United States imperialism by providing support to the idea of manifest destiny.
Original Release
12/24/1916
US Release
12/24/1916
Cast
Name | Character |
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Douglas Fairbanks | Blaze Derringer |
Alma Rubens | Juana de Valdez / Juana de Castalar |
Spottiswoode Aitken | Presidente Hernando de Valdez / Presidente de Castalar |
Carl Stockdale | Salsa Espada |
Tote Du Crow | Alberto de Castille |
Charles Stevens | Col. Gargaras |
Mildred Harris | Stenographer |
Lillian Langdon | Senora de Castille |
Marguerite Marsh | |
Tom Wilson | Hartod Armitage White - aka Whitey |
Directors
Writers
John Emerson, Anita Loos, Eugene P. Lyle Jr.
Cast
Name | Character |
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Douglas Fairbanks | Blaze Derringer |
Alma Rubens | Juana de Valdez / Juana de Castalar |
Spottiswoode Aitken | Presidente Hernando de Valdez / Presidente de Castalar |
Carl Stockdale | Salsa Espada |
Tote Du Crow | Alberto de Castille |
Charles Stevens | Col. Gargaras |
Mildred Harris | Stenographer |
Lillian Langdon | Senora de Castille |
Marguerite Marsh | |
Tom Wilson | Hartod Armitage White - aka Whitey |
Alan Hale | Undetermined Secondary Role |
Thomas Jefferson | Undetermined Secondary Role |