The Half-Breed / The Good Bad Man

Released in 1916, The Half-Breed represents Fairbanks' first effort at a serious acting role, a departure from the kind of light comedy that had made him a star on the stage and in his earliest film appearances. Also from 1916, The Good Bad Man is Fairbanks' first Western, and gives him one of his best roles of this early period of his career. Both films were directed by early Hollywood pioneer Allan Dwan, who later directed Fairbanks in such classics of the silent era as Robin Hood (1922) and The Iron Mask (1929).