The Americano

The Americano (1916)

American mining engineer Blaze Derringer travels to the fictional South American country of Paragonia to reopen local mines. Upon arrival, he finds his company's office ransacked and the country's leader, President Valdez, overthrown and imprisoned following a coup.

Date of release
1916-12-23
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (2)
Runtime
54m
Genres
Romance, Adventure
Director
John Emerson

Casting

Interesting facts

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.

Production

The website Obscure Hollywood notes, "An unfortunate element of The Americano is the presence of a stereotypical black man, an example of the casual racism of the time. This character, Hartod Armitage White (even his name is a joke), aka Whitey, is first seen hiding from the soldiers who have wrecked the office of Blaze's American mining company.

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