Captain Alvarez

{{short description|1920 silent film}}

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File:Captain Alvarez1914.jpgFile:Captain Alvarez-movie-ad.jpgCaptain Alvarez is a 1914 Vitagraph's five-reel film, based on a stage play by Paul Gilmore. 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 Argentina. 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.

Cast

Reception

Louis Reeves Harrison, writing for The Moving Picture World, gave a overview of the story and complemented the acting and the casting, noting that "Director Sturgeon has done well with his company and his setting".{{cite news |url=https://archive.org/details/movingpicturewor20newy/page/798/ |accessdate=June 7, 2020 |publisher=The Moving Picture World| title=Neptune's Daughter|date=May 9, 1914}}

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