The Life of General Villa (partially found silent film; 1914)

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Francisco Villa.

Status: Partially Found

The Life of General Villa was a 1914 film produced by Mutual Film Corporation, which is believed to be the first social uprising portrayed in a film.

Plot

The Life of General Villa was about a battle in the Mexican Revolution between the warring Conventionalists and the Constitutionalists, and was mainly focused on the battle between both parts.

History

Around 1914, General Francisco Villa needed funds for the Mexican Revolution, so he asked the Mutual Film Corporation (by that time directed by D.W. Griffith) to produce a film about the Mexican Revolution, with Francisco Villa receiving 25,000$ in advance and 50% of the movie's earnings. The movie was eventually filmed, but the contract was soon canceled because of the deteriorating relationship between the USA and Francisco Villa. Villa was left with no help to produce his masterpiece, and the film was quietly forgotten in time.

Videos

Fragment of slient film.

Another fragment (minute 6:57).

External Links

• Wikipedia page for The life of General Villa Retrieved 17 Nov '17