Life of Villa

1912

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Although some scenes were re-enacted after the fact, this is a real documentary on the struggle of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa to overthrow dictator Porfirio Díaz . Directors Christy ... Read allAlthough some scenes were re-enacted after the fact, this is a real documentary on the struggle of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa to overthrow dictator Porfirio Díaz . Directors Christy Cabanne and Raoul Walsh took a camera crew to Mexico during the Mexican Revolution of 1912... Read allAlthough some scenes were re-enacted after the fact, this is a real documentary on the struggle of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa to overthrow dictator Porfirio Díaz . Directors Christy Cabanne and Raoul Walsh took a camera crew to Mexico during the Mexican Revolution of 1912 and traveled with Villa, filming footage of his army on the march and engaged in battle w... Read all

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- Christy Cabanne
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- Pancho Villa
- Don Luis Terrazas

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- Christy Cabanne
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- Pancho Villa
- Don Luis Terrazas

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While filming a battle between Pancho Villa's rebel forces and federal troops near Ojinaga, cameraman Charles Rosher was captured by government soldiers and brought before their commanding general. Rosher thought he was about to be executed as a spy, and things didn't look too good for him until the Mexican general noticed Rosher's Masonic pin in his lapel. The general then gave Rosher the Masonic greeting; it turned out he was a Mason, too. Instead of being shot as a spy, Rosher was treated as a guest, and was later released after the Mexican government made a deal with the American government that allowed its troops to cross through American territory in order to outflank Villa's forces and attack them from the rear.

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Life of Villa is NOT "Life of General Villa"

The "Mutual" film, "Life of Villa" 1914, was one of four about Pancho Villa. The first which was Biograph's 1912 version according to our research was strictly a documentary. From our research, it is believed that Raoul Walsh, Charlie Rosher and W. Christie Cabanne (Both with Biigraph at the time) went down to Mexico to shoot it, early in 1912.

By the same token, when D. W. Griffith went to Mutual Film Company, he took all of his Biograph people with him. From our understanding, this is why the same three (Rosher, Walsh and Cabanne) also shot "Life of General Villa" in 1914. Any comments are appreciated and thanks! Thomas Bond II Biograph Company