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

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Francisco Villa.

Status: Lost


The Life of General Villa was a 1914 film by Mutual Film Corporation, which is believed to be the first record of a social uprising in film, but it is now considered lost due to poor storage of the sole print of the film.


Antecedents

What is known about the movie is that around 1914, General Francisco Villa needed funds for the Mexican Revolution, so Mutual Film Corporation (by that time directed by D.W. Griffith) decided to film a movie about the Mexican Revolution, with Francisco Villa receiving 25,000$ in advance and 50% of the movie's earnings. It would be a film of epic proportions, about one of Mexico's biggest figures, which was a good thing. The movie was eventually filmed, but the contract was soon cancelled because of the relationship between the USA and Francisco Villa deteriorating. Villa was left with no help to produce his masterpiece, and the film was quietly forgotten.


Plot

It is believed the movie was filmed in the Battlefield between the Convencionalists and the Constitutionalists, and was mainly focused on the battle between both parts.


Fragments

Number 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g58zPkStLMY

Sources

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_General_Villa

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqDTwfkqrXI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhZd3RK9wpA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V6N4OaGMJc (minute 6:57)

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