Douglas Fairbanks The Half-Breed in ‘The Amazing Tales from the Archives’: 2013 San Francisco Silent Film Festival At the 2013 San Francisco Silent Film Festival, "The Amazing Tales from the Archives" began with film preservationist Rob Byrne’s documentation of how the 1916 movie The Half-Breed was found and restored to its present condition. Starring Douglas Fairbanks and Alma Rubens, and directed by Allan Dwan, this tale of the American West was thought to be lost until various versions and excerpts cropped up in some very unlikely places. For instance, one surviving — but fast-decomposing — The Half-Breed print was found in 1978, buried in a swimming pool in the Canadian Yukon. Other prints were from later (and incomplete) releases, with different titles and some reediting. (Photo: Douglas Fairbanks in The Half-Breed.) Rob Byrne told the by now familiar story of how a complete restoration is developed through painstaking work and lots of time before...
- 7/30/2013
- by Danny Fortune
- Alt Film Guide
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