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Viva Villa! is a 1934 movie that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. It was written by Ben Hecht, from a novel by Edgecumb Pinchon and Odo B. Stade. The film was directed by Jack Conway. There was special, uncredited help with the script by Howard Hawks, James Kevin McGuinness and Howard Emmett Rogers. Hawks and William A. Wellman also contributed uncredited directing help. See also: 1933 in film 1934 1935 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) finally purchased the film rights to The Wizard of Oz from Frank J. Baum for $40,000. ...
The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. ...
Ben Hecht (February 28, 1894 – April 18, 1964) was one of the most prolific of all Hollywood screenwriters, even though he professed disdain for the motion picture industry, and a human rights and Zionism activist. ...
Odo B. Stade, 1892-1976 — A Life of Dedicated Service Glendora, California resident and renown scholar, Odo B. Stades life included a career as Navy lieutenant, charge daffaires in Mexico, author, poet, actor, stunt pilot, manager and owner of the Hollywood Bookstore, teacher and world traveler. ...
Jack Conway is an attorney and politician in Louisville, Kentucky. ...
Howard Hawks Howard Hawks (May 30, 1896 – December 26, 1977) was an American film director, producer and writer of the classic Hollywood era. ...
William A. Wellman (February 29, 1896 - December 9, 1975) was a movie director. ...
The movie is a fictionalized biography of Pancho Villa, starring Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo and Fay Wray. Lee Tracy was originally cast in a supporting role but was fired after drunkenly urinating off a balcony onto the Mexican crowd below. Tracy's career never fully recovered from this incident, although he did make other films, most notably Gore Vidal's The Best Man thirty years later. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
Wallace Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American actor, best known for his many cinema appearances. ...
Leo Carrillo, born August 6, 1880 in Los Angeles, California - died September 10, 1961 in Santa Monica, California, was an actor and conservationist. ...
Publicity photo for King Kong ca 1933 Fay Wray (September 15, 1907 – August 8, 2004) was a Canadian-American actress, who was born Vina Fay Wray on a ranch near Cardston, Alberta, Canada. ...
Lee Tracy (born William Lee Tracy on April 14, 1898 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; died October 18, 1968 in Santa Monica, California) is an American actor. ...
Gore Vidal, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (born October 3, 1925), known better simply as Gore Vidal, is a well-known American writer of novels, plays and essays, and a public figure for over fifty years. ...
Best man has several meanings: Best man is a member of a wedding Films: The Best Man (1914 film) is a 1914 film The Best Man (1916 film) is a 1916 film The Best Man (1917 film) is a 1917 film The Best Man (1919 film) is a 1919 film...
"Viva Villa!"
"Viva Villa!" is also a shout meant to praise Pancho Villa in times of injustice. Much like "Viva Zapata!" To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
Trivia - This film partially inspired the creation of the 1952 film titled, Viva Zapata!. The screenplay was written by author John Steinbeck.
Viva Zapata! is a 1952 biographical film which tells the story of Emiliano Zapata. ...
John Ernst Steinbeck III (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was one of the most famous American writers of the 20th century. ...
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