The Dictator (1922 film)

1922 film

The Dictator

Film poster

Directed by| James Cruze
Written by| Walter Woods (scenario)
Based on| The Dictator
by Richard Harding Davis (play)
Produced by| Adolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky
Cinematography| Karl Brown
Distributed by| Paramount Pictures

Release date

* June 22, 1922 (1922-06-22)

Running time

| 6 reels (5,221 feet)
Country| United States
Language| Silent (English intertitles)
Lobby card poster.

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]

## Plot

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## Cast

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* 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

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* Wallace Reid filmography

## References

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1. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:The Dictator
2. ^ The Dictator at silentera.com
3. ^ The Dictator on Broadway, with William Collier, its several revivals; IBDB.com

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Dictator (1922 film).

* The Dictator at IMDb
* The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Dictator
* allmovie

* The Dictator Swedish language release poster as Revolutionen i Costa Banana
* American lobby poster (archived)

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Films directed by James Cruze

1910s|

* From Wash to Washington (1914)
* Too Many Millions (1918)
* The Dub (1919)
* Alias Mike Moran (1919)
* The Roaring Road (1919)
* You're Fired (1919)
* The Love Burglar (1919)
* The Valley of the Giants (1919)
* The Lottery Man (1919)
* Hawthorne of the U.S.A. (1919)
* An Adventure in Hearts (1919)

1920s|

* Terror Island (1920)
* Mrs. Temple's Telegram (1920)
* The Sins of St. Anthony (1920)
* What Happened to Jones (1920)
* Food for Scandal (1920)
* A Full House (1920)
* Always Audacious (1920)
* The Charm School (1921)
* The Dollar-a-Year Man (1921)
* Gasoline Gus (1921)
* Crazy to Marry (1921)
* One Glorious Day (1922)
* Is Matrimony a Failure? (1922)
* The Fast Freight (1922)
* The Dictator (1922)
* The Old Homestead (1922)
* Thirty Days (1922)
* The Covered Wagon (1923)
* Hollywood (1923)
* Ruggles of Red Gap (1923)
* To the Ladies (1923)
* Leap Year (1924) filmed 1921
* The Fighting Coward (1924)
* The Enemy Sex (1924)
* Merton of the Movies (1924)
* The City That Never Sleeps (1924)
* The Garden of Weeds (1924)
* The Goose Hangs High (1925)
* Waking Up the Town (1925)
* Welcome Home (1925)
* Beggar on Horseback (1925)
* Marry Me (1925)
* The Pony Express (1925)
* Mannequin (1926)
* Old Ironsides (1926)
* The Waiter from the Ritz (1926) never completed or released
* We're All Gamblers (1927)
* The City Gone Wild (1927)
* On to Reno (1928)
* The Mating Call (1928)
* The Red Mark (1928)
* Excess Baggage (1928)
* The Duke Steps Out (1929)
* A Man's Man (1929)
* The Great Gabbo (1929)

1930s|

* Once a Gentleman (1930)
* She Got What She Wanted (1930)
* Salvation Nell (1931)
* Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932)
* If I Had a Million (segment "Death Cell", 1932)
* Racetrack (1933)
* Sailor Be Good (1933)
* I Cover the Waterfront (1933)
* Mr. Skitch (1933)
* David Harum (1934)
* Their Big Moment (1934)
* Helldorado (1934)
* Two-Fisted (1935)
* Sutter's Gold (1936)
* The Wrong Road (1937)
* Prison Nurse (1938)
* Gangs of New York (1938)
* Come On, Leathernecks! (1938)

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