The Americano (1916 film)
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Country United States | 5.8/10 IMDb Genre Adventure, Comedy, Romance Duration | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cast (Blaze Derringer), (Juana de Castalar), (Presidente de Castalar) Release date December 24, 1916 (1916-12-24) (original release)August 21, 1923 (1923-08-21) (re-release) Based on Blaze Derringer by Eugene P. Lyle, Jr. Similar movies Douglas Fairbanks appears in The Americano and The Mystery of the Leaping Fish |
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.

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