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'''The Life of General Villa''' was a 1914 film by Mutual Film Corporation, which is believed to be the first | '''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. | ||
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''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. | |||
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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. | |||
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{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g58zPkStLMY|320x240|center|Fragment of slient film.}}</div> | {{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g58zPkStLMY|320x240|center|Fragment of slient film.}}</div> | ||
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{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V6N4OaGMJc |320x240|center|Another fragment (minute 6:57).}}</div> | {{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V6N4OaGMJc |320x240|center|Another fragment (minute 6:57).}}</div> | ||
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{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhZd3RK9wpA|320x240|center}}</div> | {{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhZd3RK9wpA|320x240|center}}</div> | ||
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{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqDTwfkqrXI |320x240|center}}</div> | {{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqDTwfkqrXI |320x240|center}}</div> | ||
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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.