Captain Alvarez
Encyclopedia
Captain Alvarez is a 1914
Vitagraph's five-reel film, based on a stage play. Written by Marguerite Bertsch, and directed by Rollin S. Sturgeon.
. William Desmond Taylor portrays the title role
, and Denis Gage Deane-Tanner
, Taylor's younger brother, is thought to have played the small role of a blacksmith.
1914 in film
The year 1914 in film involved some significant events, including the debut of Cecil B. DeMille as a director.-Events:*The 3,300-seat Mark Strand Theatre opens in New York City....
Vitagraph's five-reel film, based on a stage play. Written by Marguerite Bertsch, and directed by Rollin S. Sturgeon.
Plot
A melodrama about an American who becomes a revolutionary leader battling evil government spies in ArgentinaArgentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. William Desmond Taylor portrays the title role
Title role
The title role in the performing arts is the performance part that gives the title to the piece, as in Aida, Giselle, Michael Collins or Othello. The actor, singer or dancer who performs that part is also said to have the title role....
, and Denis Gage Deane-Tanner
Denis Gage Deane-Tanner
Denis Gage Deane-Tanner was the fourth and last child of British Army Major Kearns Deane-Tanner, and Hollywood mogul William Desmond Taylor's younger brother....
, Taylor's younger brother, is thought to have played the small role of a blacksmith.
Cast
- Edith Storey
- William Desmond TaylorWilliam Desmond TaylorWilliam Desmond Taylor was an Irish-born American actor, successful film director of silent movies and a popular figure in the growing Hollywood film colony of the 1910s and early 1920s...
- George Stanley
- George HoltGeorge Holt (actor)George Holt was an American actor and film director of the silent era. He appeared in 64 films between 1913 and 1935...
- Otto LedererOtto LedererOtto Lederer was a Czech-born American film actor. He appeared in 120 films between 1912 and 1933.He was born in Prague, and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. He was married to actress Gretchen Lederer...
- Myrtle GonzalezMyrtle GonzalezMyrtle Gonzalez was an American actress. She starred in at least 78 silent era motion pictures from 1913 to 1917, of which 66 were one and two-reel shorts...
- George Kunkel