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  2. Nov 6, 2012 · In 1914, a Hollywood motion picture company signed a contract with Mexican revolutionary leader Pancho Villa in which he agreed to fight his revolution according to the studio’s scenario in...

  3. Apr 18, 2020 · The one-picture deal stated that, in exchange for $25,000 and 20 percent of the film profits, Villa would allow the company exclusive access to film him and his troops as they engaged in...

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  4. Nov 30, 2010 · In 1914, a Hollywood motion picture company signed a contract with Mexican revolutionary leader Pancho Villa in which he agreed to fight his revolution according to the studio’s scenario in return for $25,000. The Hollywood crew went down to Mexico and joined Villa’s guerrilla force.

  5. May 1, 2010 · The curious symbiosis between the former outlaw-turned-commander and the fledgling U.S. film industry lies at the center of Gregorio Rocha’s unconventional, first-person documentary “The Lost Reels...

  6. Feb 19, 2004 · In January 1914, Pancho Villa became Hollywood's first Mexican superstar when he signed an exclusive contract with the Mutual Film Corporation. In return for $25,000, he agreed to keep other film companies from his battlefield, to fight in daylight whenever possible, and to reconstruct battles if the footage needed reshooting.

  7. May 18, 2021 · On January 7, 1914, it was announced in the New York Times that Villa had agreed to “a moving picture venture” with Mutual Film Corporation of Hollywood.

  8. Apr 3, 2014 · Pancho Villa signed a contract with Hollywood's Mutual Film Company in 1913 to have several of his battles filmed. Death Year: 1923

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