The Alamo takes place in 1836, as the Mexican army is prepared to invade Texas. Meanwhile, General Sam Houston (Richard Boone) tries to create a diversion for Santa Anna’s forces to buy time. As a ...
Wayne originally started in Hollywood as a prop man for Fox, where he met legendary filmmaker John Ford. Next, he had the opportunity to work on productions, ultimately landing in front of the camera ...
Before I read a single word about the Alamo or paid a visit to the historic mission/battlefield, I saw John Wayne’s movie about it. As a kid growing up in the Rio Grande Valley, Wayne’s 1960 magnum ...
Hollywood icon John Wayne didn’t just star in the 1960 epic “The Alamo.” He produced it, directed it, starred in it and paid for a healthy chunk of it out of his own pocket. He then promoted the heck ...
BRACKETTVILLE, Texas (AP) - Time and Mother Nature are threatening to dismantle the Alamo. Not the original, but the replica 18th-century Spanish mission and Old West movie set John Wayne built for ...
BRACKETTVILLE, Texas Time and Mother Nature are threatening to dismantle the Alamo. Not the original, but the replica 18th-century Spanish mission and Old West movie set John Wayne built for his Oscar ...
BRACKETTVILLE, Texas (AP) — Time and Mother Nature are threatening to dismantle the Alamo. No, not the original Alamo, but the replica that actor John Wayne built in southwest Texas for his ...