--- title: 'The Americano (1916)' type: 'film' director: 'John Emerson' released: '1916-01-01' genres: - 'Romance' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-americano-1916' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0006359/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Americano (1916) 1916 · Romance · United States ## Synopsis 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. ## Credits - **Director:** [John Emerson](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-emerson) - **Screenplay:** [John Emerson](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-emerson), [Anita Loos](https://cinepixo.com/people/anita-loos) - **Director of Photography:** [Victor Fleming](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-fleming) ## Cast - [Tom Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-wilson) - [Alma Rubens](https://cinepixo.com/people/alma-rubens) - [Douglas Fairbanks](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-fairbanks) - [Mildred Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/mildred-harris) - [Tote Du Crow](https://cinepixo.com/people/tote-du-crow) - [Spottiswoode Aitken](https://cinepixo.com/people/spottiswoode-aitken) - [Charles Stevens](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-stevens) - [Carl Stockdale](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-stockdale) - [Alan Hale](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-hale) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-americano-1916 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3519771); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.