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- Pancho Villa signed a contract with Hollywood's Mutual Film Company in 1913 to have several of his battles filmed.
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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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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...
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.
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.
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