The Life of General Villa (1914)

Directors:

Christy Cabanne, Raoul Walsh

Writer:

Frank E. Woods

Stars:

Irene Hunt, W.H. Lawrence, Walter Long

Cast

Credited cast:
Irene Hunt	...	Villa's Sister
W.H. Lawrence	...	Federal Officer
Walter Long	...	Federal Officer
Teddy Sampson	...	Villa's Sister
Pancho Villa	...	Himself
Raoul Walsh	...	Villa as a young man

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

lost film

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Genres:

Action | Biography | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Release Date:

9 May 1914 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Mexico

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mutual Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Under his contract with the Mutual Film Corporation, Pancho Villa 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.

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Connections

Follows Life of Villa (1912)

User Reviews

Maybe lost forever.

Like maybe hundreds of other movies that marked the birth of one of the greatest forms of art accessible to the masses; this movie is simply lost forever. Lets hope that a copy turns up in a Siberian landfill under the permafrost someday.

Movies were considered consumables in their day, if the studio couldn't make any more money on it, why spend any money to save or archive a copy? With highly volatile film stock it just didn't make economic sense to preserve these gems. Back then they treated movies as they did the live theatre, once the take at the box office started falling off, you'd change the venue for a new one and when you ran out of new venues you would completely abandon the old production and move on to a new script.