The Dictator (1915)
On the lam from the New York Police because of a false murder charge, playboy Brooke Travers escapes to a Central American banana republic.
- Date of release
- 1915-06-21
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Adventure, Romance
- Director
- Oscar Eagle
Casting
- John Barrymore — Brooke Travers
- Charlotte Ives — Lucy Sheridan
- Ruby Hoffman — Juanita
- Ivan F. Simpson — Simpson
- Walter Craven — Gen. Campos
- Robert Broderick — Col. Bowie
- Esther Lyon — Mrs. Bowie
- Henry West — Rev. Bostick (as Harry West)
- Mario Majeroni — Gen. Rivas
- Thomas McGrath — Duffy
Interesting facts
- Based on: The Dictator
The Dictator is a 1915 American silent comedy film directed by Oscar Eagle and reputedly Edwin S. Porter. It was based on a play The Dictator by Richard Harding Davis and produced by Adolph Zukor and the Charles Frohman Company. John Barrymore stars in a role played on the stage by William Collier Sr. whose company Barrymore had performed in this play. The film was rereleased on April 13, 1919 as part of the Paramount "Success Series" of their early screen successes. The story was refilmed in 1922 as The Dictator starring Wallace Reid. Today both films are lost.
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