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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 (Famous Players Film Company) 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.[1][2][3][4]

The Dictator
Lobby poster
Directed by	Oscar Eagle ? Edwin S. Porter
Based on	The Dictator by Richard Harding Davis
Produced by	Adolph Zukor, Charles Frohman Company
Starring	John Barrymore
Production company	Famous Players Film Company
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	June 21, 1915 (1915-06-21)
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

According to allmovie and silentera the film was shot partly in Cuba.

Cast

• John Barrymore as Brooke Travers
• Charlotte Ives as Lucy Sheridan
• Ruby Hoffman as Juanita
• Ivan F. Simpson as Simpson
• Walter Craven as General Campos
• Robert Broderick as Colonel Bowie
• Esther Lyon as Mrs. Bowie
• Henry West as Reverend Bostick (as Harry West)
• Mario Majeroni as General Rivas
• Thomas McGrath as Duffy

See also

• John Barrymore on stage, screen and radio

References

External links

• The Dictator at IMDb
• The Dictator synopsis at AllMovie
• The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Dictator

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