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Movie Info

Genre:

action, adventure, drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Christy Cabanne
Release Date (Theaters):

May 9, 1914 limited

Cast & Crew

Pancho Villa

Raoul Walsh

Christy Cabanne
Director

Critic Reviews for The Life of General Villa

All Critics (5) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (1)

The Villa film was poorly directed in spots. A distinct titter ran through the house when Villa as he raced from his prison cell, after his unexpected liberation, stopped to consult with himself before the camera.

July 18, 2020 | Full Review…

Sime Silverman
Variety
Though historically the pictorial story is open to doubt, its dramatic value is assured.

July 18, 2020 | Full Review…

Age Staff
The Age (Australia)
General Pancho Villa, Mexican leader, who has occupied columns and columns of space in newspapers, has been once more in the lime light, so that now of all times, seems the psychological moment in which to release [this film].

July 28, 2020 | Full Review…

Neil G. Caward
Motography
The drama, The Life of General Villa, may or may not have any foundation or truth, but the fact remains that it makes very interesting entertainment.

July 22, 2020 | Full Review…

A. Danson Michell
Motion Picture News
True, there are no close-up views of a man ramming a bayonet down another man's throat, such as one sees in the fiction war pictures, but there are scenes showing real fighting as It la done now. The films are an important achievement.

July 18, 2020 | Full Review…

Trib Staff
New York Tribune