''Viva Villa! A recovery of the real Pancho Villa, peon, bandit, soldier, patriot'' is a 1933 biography of

Pancho Villa Francisco "Pancho" Villa (, Orozco rebelled in March 1912, both for Madero's continuing failure to enact land reform and because he felt insufficiently rewarded for his role in bringing the new president to power. At the request of Madero's c ...

, written by Edgcumb Pinchon and researched by O. B. Stade. It was the basis for the film ''

Viva Villa! ''Viva Villa!'' is a 1934 American pre-Code film directed by Jack Conway and starring Wallace Beery as Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. The screenplay was written by Ben Hecht, adapted from the 1933 book '' Viva Villa!'' by Edgecumb Pinchon a ...

'' the following year, in which

Wallace Beery Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American film and stage actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in '' Min and Bill'' (1930) opposite Marie Dressler, as General Director Preysing in '' Grand Hotel'' ( ...

played Villa for the second time.

Editions

*New York, Harcourt, Brace and company 1933 (o.p.) *New York, Arno Press, 1970 1933 1933 non-fiction books Biographies about politicians Pancho Villa {{poli-bio-book-stub