Captain Alvarez

Captain 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.

Captain Alvarez
Directed by	Rollin S. Sturgeon
Production company	Vitagraph Company of America
Release date	1914 (1914)

A scene from Captain Alvarez

A newspaper ad for the film.

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

• Edith Storey
• William Desmond Taylor
• George Stanley
• George Holt
• Otto Lederer
• Myrtle Gonzalez
• George Kunkel

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".^[1]