"The Alamo (1960 film) The Alamo is a 1960 American historical epic war film about the 1836 Battle of the Alamo produced and directed by John Wayne and starring Wayne as Davy Crockett. The picture also stars Richard Widmark as Jim Bowie and Laurence Harvey as William B. Travis, and the supporting cast features Frankie Avalon, Patrick Wayne, Linda Cristal, Joan O'Brien, Chill Wills, Joseph Calleia, Ken Curtis, Ruben Padilla as Santa Anna, and guest star Richard Boone as Sam Houston. The motion picture was photographed in 70 mm Todd-AO by William H. Clothier and released by United Artists. The"
"was one of the biggest box office bombs of all time. The Alamo (2004 film) The Alamo is a 2004 American war film about the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. The film was directed by Texan John Lee Hancock, produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, and Mark Johnson, distributed by Touchstone Pictures, and starring Dennis Quaid as Sam Houston, Billy Bob Thornton as David Crockett, and Jason Patric as Jim Bowie. The screenplay is credited to Hancock, John Sayles, Stephen Gaghan, and Leslie Bohem. In contrast to the earlier 1960 film of the same name, the 2004"
"The Alamo (2004 film) The Alamo is a 2004 American war film about the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. The film was directed by Texan John Lee Hancock, produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, and Mark Johnson, distributed by Touchstone Pictures, and starring Dennis Quaid as Sam Houston, Billy Bob Thornton as David Crockett, and Jason Patric as Jim Bowie. The screenplay is credited to Hancock, John Sayles, Stephen Gaghan, and Leslie Bohem. In contrast to the earlier 1960 film of the same name, the 2004 film attempts to depict the political points of view of both"
"""City That Never Sleeps"" (1953), and that of Uncle Bawley in ""Giant"" (1956), which also features Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean. Wills was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his role as Davy Crockett's companion ""Beekeeper"" in the film ""The Alamo"" (1960). However, his aggressive campaign for the award was considered tasteless by many, including the film's star/director/producer John Wayne, who publicly apologized for Wills. Wills' publicity agent, W.S. ""Bow-Wow"" Wojciechowicz, accepted blame for the ill-advised effort, claiming that Wills had known nothing about it. The Oscar was instead won by Peter Ustinov for"
"Bowie ""The Iron Mistress"" and ""The Adventures of Jim Bowie"" television series of the 1950s. At the end of John Ford's film ""The Searchers"" (1958), John Wayne's character Ethan Edwards uses a Bowie knife to scalp the Comanche Indian chief 'Scar' he has been hunting throughout the film. The Bowie knife was a staple in ""The Alamo"" movies of 1960 and 2004; the first three Rambo movies, ""First Blood"" (1982), """" (1985), and ""Rambo III"" (1988); the Crocodile Dundee films, ""Crocodile Dundee"" (1986) and ""Crocodile Dundee II"" (1988), and ""Friday the 13th"" (1980). The famous musician David Bowie (born David"
"television miniseries) — it focuses on Bowie as the main character rather than Crockett. The production was shot at Alamo Village, the Alamo replica built by John Wayne for his lavish 1960 film ""The Alamo"". Much of the footage of the final battle scene was recycled from earlier films. The Alamo: 13 Days to Glory The Alamo: 13 Days to Glory (1987) is a made-for-TV film about the 1836 Battle of the Alamo written and directed by Burt Kennedy, starring James Arness as James Bowie, Brian Keith as Davy Crockett, Alec Baldwin as William Barrett Travis, Raul Julia as Antonio"
"of 1961. ""Remember the Alamo"" was written by Jane Bowers and was presented to John Wayne for possible inclusion in the soundtrack for his movie epic, ""The Alamo"". It was ultimately passed over for ""The Green Leaves of Summer"" by The Brothers Four. It was later recorded by Johnny Cash. At the Grammy Awards of 1960 ""The Kingston Trio At Large"" won the first Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording. It was also nominated in the ""Best Vocal Group or Chorus"" category. An RIAA gold album award was presented on January 19, 1961. Only the 1962 compilation"
"formed urging MGM to restore ""The Alamo"" from the deteriorating 70mm elements. This garnered some publicity from KENS-TV in San Antonio, and attention from filmmakers such as J. J. Abrams, Matt Reeves, Rian Johnson, Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón, and Alejandro González Iñárritu. In his 2014 biography of Wayne, ""John Wayne: The Life and Legend"" author Scott Eyman states that the full-length Toronto print has deteriorated to the point where it is now unusable. The Alamo (1960 film) The Alamo is a 1960 American historical epic war film about the 1836 Battle of the Alamo produced and directed by John"
"The Appaloosa The Appaloosa (also known as Southwest to Sonora) is a 1966 American Western film Technicolor (set in the 1870s) from Universal Pictures starring Marlon Brando, Anjanette Comer and John Saxon, who was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of a Mexican bandit. The film was directed by Sidney J. Furie, and shot in California, Utah, and Arizona. The 2008 ""Appaloosa"" film (starring Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen) is not related to this film, although it has a similar title. Based on the 1963 book by Robert MacLeod, the title character is a"
"The Alamo: 13 Days to Glory The Alamo: 13 Days to Glory (1987) is a made-for-TV film about the 1836 Battle of the Alamo written and directed by Burt Kennedy, starring James Arness as James Bowie, Brian Keith as Davy Crockett, Alec Baldwin as William Barrett Travis, Raul Julia as Antonio López de Santa Anna, and featuring a single scene cameo by Lorne Greene as Sam Houston. Unlike most other films about the Alamo — the most prominent other exception being the 1955 film ""The Last Command"" (which was released during the cultural frenzy created by Walt Disney's Davy Crockett"
"The Iron Mistress The Iron Mistress is a 1952 film drama directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Alan Ladd as Jim Bowie. It ends with Bowie's marriage to Ursula de Veramendi and does not deal with his death at the Battle of the Alamo in 1836. It was the first film Ladd made at Warner Bros. after spending a decade at Paramount Pictures. In the early 19th century, Jim Bowie leaves his home in the Louisiana bayou to sell lumber in New Orleans. He inadvertently offends Narcisse de Bornay by defending the future famous artist James Audubon and is challenged"
"James Bowie James Bowie ( ; – March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American pioneer, who played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution, culminating in his death at the Battle of the Alamo. Stories of him as a fighter and frontiersman, both real and fictitious, have made him a legendary figure in Texas history and a folk hero of American culture. Born in Kentucky, Bowie spent most of his life in Louisiana, where he was raised and where he later worked as a land speculator. His rise to fame began in 1827 on reports of the Sandbar Fight. What"
"weapons gallery at York Castle Museum, the Hollywood Guns exhibit at the National Firearms Museum, the Royal Armouries Museum, and the Charleston Museum (SC). The Nock gun was brought to modern attention in the 1960 film ""The Alamo"" in which one is used by actor Richard Widmark, playing Jim Bowie. The gun used in the film is now in the National Firearms Museum. Nock guns can be seen in realistic period films including """" 2003, and fantasy films like ""Jonah Hex"" 2010, and """" 2012. In Bernard Cornwell's series of historical novels featuring fictional British soldier Richard Sharpe and, more"
"of all the movies made on the subject"", the movie starred Billy Bob Thornton as Crockett, Dennis Quaid as Sam Houston, and Jason Patric as Bowie. However, the film was one of the year's biggest box office failures. In ""Pee-wee's Big Adventure"", Pee-wee Herman's stolen bike is said by a fortune teller to be in the basement of the Alamo, but during a tour of the structure he is told by the tour guide that the Alamo has no basement. A number of songwriters have also been inspired by the Battle of the Alamo. For example: Legacy of the Battle"
"Alamo Village Alamo Village is a movie set and tourist attraction north of Brackettville, Texas, United States. It was the first movie location built in Texas, originally constructed for and best known as the setting for ""The Alamo"" (1960), directed by John Wayne and starring Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey and Frankie Avalon. The set was built by James T. ""Happy"" Shahan of Brackettville, who in 1995 was named the ""Father of the Texas movie industry"" by Governor George W. Bush. Shahan began building the set on his ranch in September, 1957 for Wayne, who had tried for years to"
"Jack Pennick Ronald Jack Pennick (December 7, 1895 – August 16, 1964) was an American film actor. After working as a gold miner as a young man, he appeared in over 140 films between 1926 and 1962. Pennick was a leading member of the informal John Ford Stock Company, appearing in dozens of the director's films. Pennick also drilled the military extras in John Wayne's ""The Alamo"" (1960). Pennick was born in Portland, Oregon, the son of gold miner Albert R. and Bessie (Murray) Pennick. He and his first wife, Grechin, had two children by the time he was twenty."
"songs, ""The Faithful Kind"" and ""Gee Whiz Whillikins Golly Gee""; both were released as singles. Ladd announced he would reteam Avalon and his daughter in ""Six Steps to Freedom"" but the film was never made. Rushes for ""Timberland"" were seen by John Wayne, who was looking for a young actor to play the (fictitious) role of ""Smitty"" in his passion project, ""The Alamo"" (1960). Avalon was cast in his second dramatic part. After making the film Wayne told the press ""We're not cutting one bit of any scene in which Frankie appears. I believe he is the finest young talent"
"in 1839 and the Alamo fell in 1836), the clip occurs near the beginning of the second half of the film, as Spencer Tracy narrates the events that led up to the American Civil War. ""The Alamo"" won the Academy Award for Best Sound (Gordon E. Sawyer and Fred Hynes) and was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Chill Wills), Best Cinematography (Color), Best Film Editing (Stuart Gilmore), Best Music (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) (Dimitri Tiomkin), Best Music (Song) (Dimitri Tiomkin and Paul Francis Webster for ""The Green Leaves of Summer""), and Best Picture (John"
"but was unable to take his script with him. That script was later rewritten and made into the movie ""The Last Command"" with Jim Bowie the character of focus. Wayne and producer Robert Fellows formed their own production company, Batjac. As Wayne developed his vision of what a movie about the Alamo should be, he concluded he did not want to risk seeing that vision changed; he would produce and direct the movie himself, though not act in it. However, he was unable to enlist financial support for the project without the presumptive box-office guarantee his on-screen appearance would provide."
"(1956), ""The Girl Can't Help It"" (1956), ""The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"" (1961), ""The Wild Bunch"" (1969) and ""The Other Side of the Wind"" (1970-1976; 2018). O'Brien was born Eamon Joseph O'Brien in Brooklyn, New York, to Irish parents. He was the seventh and last child of James O'Brien and Agnes Baldwin. Both his parents were natives of Tallow, Co. Waterford, Ireland. When he was four years old, O'Brien's father died. He put on magic shows for children in his neighborhood with coaching from a neighbor, Harry Houdini. He performed under the title, ""Neirbo the Great"" (""neirbo"" being ""O'Brien"""
"on myth. In the early 1950s John Wayne began developing a film based on the Battle of the Alamo. When he left his contract with Republic Pictures he was forced to leave behind a partial script. Republic Pictures had the script finished and developed into the 1955 movie ""The Last Command"". Although the film had its historical inaccuracies, it was the most detailed of the films on the Texas Revolution. Wayne continued to develop an Alamo movie, resulting in the 1960 film ""The Alamo"", starring Wayne as Davy Crockett. Although screenwriter James Edward Grant claimed to have done extensive historical"
"were not required. In 2017, Tommy Tedesco was posthumously inducted into the Niagara Falls Music Hall of Fame. Solo With Chet Baker With Don Ellis With Quincy Jones With Jack Nitzsche With Lalo Schifrin With Hugh Masekela Tommy Tedesco Thomas J. Tedesco (July 3, 1930 – November 10, 1997) was an American guitarist and studio musician in Hollywood. Tedesco's credits include the theme from television's ""Bonanza"", ""The Twilight Zone"", Vic Mizzy's theme from ""Green Acres"", ""M*A*S*H"", ""Batman"", and ""Elvis Presley's '68 Comeback Special"". Tedesco was shown on-camera in a number of game and comedy shows, and played ex-con guitarist Tommy"
"The Green Leaves of Summer ""The Green Leaves of Summer"" is a song by Paul Francis Webster, with music by Dimitri Tiomkin, written for the 1960 film ""The Alamo"". It was performed in the film's score by the vocal group The Brothers Four. In 1961, the song was nominated for an Academy Award; its parent soundtrack, for the film ""The Alamo"", was awarded a Golden Globe Award for ""Best Original Score"". In ""The Alamo"", the song is heard on the last night before the Battle of the Alamo. Davy Crockett (John Wayne), when asked what he is thinking, responds ""not"
"charts, peaking at No. 4 in 1955. Marty Robbins recorded a version of the song ""The Ballad of the Alamo"" in 1960 which spent 13 weeks on the pop charts, peaking at No. 34. Jane Bowers' song ""Remember the Alamo"" has been recorded by artists including Johnny Cash and Donovan. Singer-songwriter Phil Collins collected hundreds of items related to the battle, narrated a light and sound show about the Alamo, and has spoken at related events. In 2014 Collins donated his entire collection to the Alamo via the State of Texas. The battle also featured in episode 13 of The"
"2010, the population of the 85605 ZCTA was 449. Bowie, Arizona was put on the map when it was revealed that it was action icon John Rambo's hometown. This was first unveiled in the , later elaborated on in the third film and in the fourth film, Bowie was seen on screen for the first time. Sylvester Stallone has stated that a fifth film is set to take place entirely in Bowie and the Mexican Border. Bowie native Clyde William ""Bill"" Allen was the father of Tucson's famous 4-star Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, who managed Hurricane Katrina rescue efforts"
"greatly. His successes during this decade included the Ireland-set romantic comedy ""The Quiet Man"" and two classic westerns, ""The Searchers"" and ""Rio Bravo"". Wayne also continued his producing activities during this period as well, notably with the formation of his own production company, Batjac. In 1960, Wayne appeared in his most personal production, portraying Davy Crockett in ""The Alamo"", which he also produced and directed. During the 1960s and 1970s, John Wayne ranked as an American icon and one of the top box office attractions in the cinema. Wayne's output of films consisted largely of Westerns but he also ventured"
"to the 1960 [[John Wayne]] film [[The Alamo (1960 film)|""The Alamo""]], which was full of historical inaccuracies and did not show the human side of the Mexican troops who defeated the [[Texian]] forces at the [[Battle of the Alamo]]. The song has a driving drum beat and funky bass and shows Shacklock’s fondness for [[African-American music]] and [[American Old West|Wild West]] shoot outs. The song composition interpolates ""Per qualche dollaro in più"" by [[Ennio Morricone]], from the music soundtrack for the film ""[[For a Few Dollars More]]"" (stated on album credits). [[Category:1972 songs]] [[Category:Billboard Dance Club Songs number-one singles]] [[Category:1984"
"Remember the Alamo (song) ""Remember the Alamo"" is a song written by Texan folk singer and songwriter Jane Bowers. Bowers details the last days of 180 soldiers during the Battle of the Alamo and names several famous figures who fought at the Alamo, including Mexican general Santa Anna and Texans: Jim Bowie, William Barrett Travis and Davy Crockett. It champions the Texans' efforts against Mexico to establish an independent republic. Tex Ritter first released the song as the b-side of ""Gunsmoke"" in 1955. It was the first song in the catalogue of his and Johnny Bond's music company Vidor Publications."
"the late 1930s to the mid-1940s, Williams appeared in supporting roles in a number of A-pictures, sometimes with high billing, such as ""You Only Live Once"", and in Columbia's first Technicolor film, ""The Desperadoes"" (1943). Williams was frequently teamed with Alan Hale, Sr. as sidekicks to Errol Flynn in several of his pictures. In 1960, he was cast in the epic film ""The Alamo"" and in ""Home from the Hill"" with Robert Mitchum. His last role was opposite his close friend John Wayne and Stuart Whitman in ""The Comancheros"". He was married to three actresses, the first being silent film"
"(1933) with James Cagney, ""The Petrified Forest"" (1936) with Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart, and ""The Adventures of Marco Polo"" (1938) with Gary Cooper. Mayo retired in 1946, shortly after completing ""A Night in Casablanca"" with the Marx Brothers and ""Angel on My Shoulder"" with Paul Muni, Anne Baxter, and Claude Rains. Mayo has a star at 6301 Hollywood Boulevard in the Motion Pictures section of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It was dedicated February 8, 1960. Mayo died of cancer in Guadalajara, Mexico on December 4, 1968. He is interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California. Archie"
"Davy Crockett in, as well as direct, the three-hour-plus Todd-AO production ""The Alamo"", released by United Artists, that featured many elements of ""The Last Command"" in its screenplay. Yates decided to rework the Alamo project with other actors. Republic were not making many films in 1954 but the Alamo project was key to the year. The movie was also known as ""The Unconquered Territory"", ""The Texian"", ""The Alamo"" and ""San Antonio Bexar"". Frank Lloyd became attached to direct. Filming started February 1955. Max Steiner's theme song for ""The Last Command"", ""Jim Bowie,"" is sung by musical star Gordon MacRae, who"
"removed its website, ending an era. Alamo Village reopened briefly for the summer in 2010 with limited hours and no shows, stores or restaurants, but closed again within a few months. Corpus Christi, Texas business man David Jones is in the process of raising funds to reopen the site. Alamo Village Alamo Village is a movie set and tourist attraction north of Brackettville, Texas, United States. It was the first movie location built in Texas, originally constructed for and best known as the setting for ""The Alamo"" (1960), directed by John Wayne and starring Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey and"
"rpm single was backed with ""Cotton Picker"". Buchanan died from a stroke complicated by pneumonia in Palm Desert, California, and was interred in the Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles. Edgar Buchanan William Edgar Buchanan II (March 20, 1903 – April 4, 1979) was an American actor with a long career in both film and television, most familiar today as Uncle Joe Carson from the ""Petticoat Junction"", ""Green Acres"", and ""The Beverly Hillbillies"" television sitcoms of the 1960s. On ""Petticoat Junction"", he took over as proprietor of the Shady Rest Hotel following the 1968 death of show"