The Dictator (1915 film)

Directed byOscar Eagle
? Edwin S. Porter

Based onThe Dictator
by Richard Harding Davis

Produced byAdolph Zukor,
Charles Frohman Company

StarringJohn Barrymore

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)

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 film was shot partially in Cuba.^[5][6]