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'''''The Life of General Villa''''' |
'''''The Life of General Villa''''' was a 1914 [[silent film|silent]] [[Biographical film|biographical]] [[Action (genre)|action]]-[[drama film]] starring [[Pancho Villa]] as himself. The movie incorporated both staged scenes, and authentic live footage from real battles during the [[Mexican Revolution]] which the plot of the movie also revolved around. |
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Currently the film is presumably [[lost film|lost]], with only unedited fragments and publicity stills known to exist. |
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==Cast== |
==Cast== |
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* [[Raoul Walsh]] as Villa as a young man |
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* [[Pancho Villa]] as himself |
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* [[Teddy Sampson]] as Villa's Sister |
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* [[Irene Hunt]] as Villa's Sister |
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* [[Walter Long (actor)|Walter Long]] as Federal Officer |
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* [[W.H. Lawrence]] as Federal Officer |
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Revision as of 03:50, 21 December 2009
| The Life of General Villa | |
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| Directed by | Christy Cabanne |
| Written by | Frank E. Woods |
| Produced by | H.E. Aitken Frank N. Thayer D.W. Griffith |
| Starring | Pancho Villa Raoul Walsh |
| Cinematography | Raoul Walsh |
| Distributed by | Mutual Film Mexican War Film Corp. |
Release date | May 9, 1914 |
Running time | 105 min |
| Country | Template:FilmUS |
| Languages | Silent Transclusion error: {{En}} is only for use in File namespace. Use {{lang-en}} or {{in lang|en}} instead. intertitles |
The Life of General Villa was a 1914 silent biographical action-drama film starring Pancho Villa as himself. The movie incorporated both staged scenes, and authentic live footage from real battles during the Mexican Revolution which the plot of the movie also revolved around.
Currently the film is presumably lost, with only unedited fragments and publicity stills known to exist.
Production
Pancho Villa's reasons for starring in the movie was financial as he needed funds to fight in the Mexican Revolution of which he was the leader. He eventually achieved a contract with the Mutual Film Corporation where he received a $25,000 advance and was promised 50% of the profits from the film for agreeing to let the company shoot his battles in daylight, and for re-enacting them if more footage was needed. (The contract still exists and can be found in a museum in Mexico City at the Archivo Federico Gonzalez Garza, folio 3057)
Cast
- Raoul Walsh as Villa as a young man
- Pancho Villa as himself
- Teddy Sampson as Villa's Sister
- Irene Hunt as Villa's Sister
- Walter Long as Federal Officer
- W.H. Lawrence as Federal Officer
External links
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