The Dictator (1922 film) explained

The Dictator
Director:	James Cruze
Producer:	Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky
Based On:	(play)
Cinematography:	Karl Brown
Distributor:	Paramount Pictures
Runtime:	6 reels (5,221 feet)
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

The Dictator is a 1922 American silent comedy-drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. James Cruze was the director and the star Wallace Reid.^[1]

The basic story had also been filmed in 1915 with John Barrymore who had played a supporting part in the 1904 Broadway starring production of comedian William Collier. Both this film and the 1915 version are now lost.^{[2] [3]}

Cast

• Wallace Reid as Brooke Travers
• Theodore Kosloff as Carlos Rivas
• Lila Lee as Juanita
• Kalla Pasha as General Campos
• Sidney Bracey as Henry Bolton
• Fred J. Butler as Sam Travers (credited as Fred Butler)
• Walter Long as Mike 'Bigg' Dooley
• Alan Hale as Sabos

See also

• Wallace Reid filmography

External links

• • The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Dictator
• allmovie
• The Dictator Swedish language release poster as Revolutionen i Costa Banana
• American lobby poster (archived)

Notes and References

1. http://catalog.afi.com/Film/3762-THE-DICTATOR?sid=ba18d647 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:The Dictator
2. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/D/Dictator1922.html The Dictator at silentera.com
3. http://ibdb.com/show.php?id=3069 The Dictator on Broadway, with William Collier, its several revivals; IBDB.com