In 1914, the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa invites studios to film his actual fights against Porfrio Diaz's army in order to collect funding for the purchase of guns and ammunition for the Mexican Revolutionary Army. In response to the proposal, the Mutual Film Corporation, represented by producer D.W. Griffith, expresses interest and dispatches the filmmaker Frank Thayer to negotiate a deal with Pancho Villa himself.
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In 1914, the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa invites studios to film his actual fights against Porfrio Diaz's army in order to collect funding for the purchase of guns and ammunition for the Mexican Revolutionary Army. In response to the proposal, the Mutual Film Corporation, represented by producer D.W. Griffith, expresses interest and dispatches the filmmaker Frank Thayer to negotiate a deal with Pancho Villa himself.
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