The Dictator
(1922) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5221 feet
Directed by James Cruze
Cast: Wallace Reid [Brooke Travers], Theodore Kosloff [Carlos Rivas], Lila Lee [Juanita Rivas, his daughter], Kalla Pasha [General Campos], Sidney Bracy [Henry Bolton], Fred Butler [Sam Travers], Walter Long [Mike ‘Biff’ Dooley], Alan Hale [Sabos]
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation [A Paramount Picture]. / Scenario by Walter Woods, from the play adaptation The Dictator by Richard Harding Davis of the novel The Dictator by Richard Harding Davis. Cinematography by Karl Brown. Presented by Jesse L. Lasky. / © 11 July 1922 by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [LP18045]. Premiered 25 June 1922 in Los Angeles, California. General release, 7 August 1922. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The play had previously been filmed as The Dictator (1915).
Comedy-Drama.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 12 February 2024.
References: Sherwood-Best p. 162 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.
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