The Life of General Villa

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The Life of General Villa is anAmerican filmdirected byChristy Cabanne, released in1914.

Raoul Walsh made the documentary part about the battle of Torreón , which was integrated in the film of Christy Cabanne 1 .

Synopsis

Documentary scripted on the youth of Pancho Villa .

Technical sheet

  • Original title: The Life of General Villa
  • Director: Christy Cabanne , Raoul Walsh
  • Production: HE Aitken , DW Griffith , Frank N. Thayer
  • Production Company: Mutual Film Corporation
  • Distribution Company: Mutual Film Corporation
  • Country of origin: United States
  • Original language: English
  • Format: black and white – 35 mm – 1.37: 1 – silent movie
  • Genre : Biography , Documentary film
  • Duration: 105 minutes
  • Release dates: United States : 
  • License: Public Domain

Distribution

  • Pancho Villa : himself
  • Irene Hunt : her older sister
  • Teddy Sampson  (in) : younger sister
  • Raoul Walsh : Villa, young
  • WH Lawrence : a federal officer
  • Walter Long : a federal officer

Around the film

  • This film, raised differently, was released in 1915 , under the title The Outlaw’s Revenge 1 .

External links

  • (en) The Life of General Villa [ archive ] on the Internet Movie Database
  • (en) The Life of General Villa [ archive ] on the website of the American Film Institute
  • (en) The Life of General Villa [ archive ] on Silent Era

Notes and references

  1. ↑ a and b According to AFI file (CF. external link)

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