* The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory ( 1987 ) — Gen. Sam Houston

* The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory, a 1987 film

* The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory as Alamonte ( 1987 )

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory ( 1987 ) is a made-for-TV film starring Brian Keith as Davy Crockett, James Arness as James Bowie, Alec Baldwin as Col. Travis, Raul Julia as Santa Anna, and a single scene cameo by Lorne Greene as Sam Houston.

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* The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory ( 1987 ) ( TV )

Days later, after hearing that the Alamo has been taken, Houston, once again in command of the remnants of the Texan army, orders a general retreat eastward.

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* Texas Glory, based on the Texan War of Independence, including the Battle of the Alamo

His later films include Pretty Baby ( 1978 ), Atlantic City ( 1981 ), My Dinner with Andre ( 1981 ), Crackers ( 1984 ), Alamo Bay ( 1985 ), Damage ( 1992 ) and Vanya on 42nd Street ( 1994, an adaptation of Anton Chekhov's play Uncle Vanya ) in English ; Au revoir, les enfants ( 1987 ) and Milou en Mai ( May Fools in the U. S., 1990 ) in French.

* Alamo Beer, a brand from King of the Hill TV series

The song has been used in various forms in TV advertising for brands including Alamo Rent A Car, Walkers, Huggies and Channel 4's AXA Equity and Law in 1994, 1995 and 1996 ( while Channel 4 used the coloured " blocks " ident ).

North of town is a tourist attraction called Alamo Village, built in the 1950s as the set of John Wayne's movie The Alamo.

Richard Widmark starred as Jim Bowie in John Wayne's 1960 movie The Alamo ( 1960 film ).

Most Americans, however, are more familiar with the myths spread by many of the movie and television adaptations, including the 1950s Disney miniseries Davy Crockett and John Wayne's 1960 film The Alamo.

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.

Shahan began building the set on his ranch in September, 1957 for Wayne, who had tried for years to make a movie about the Battle of the Alamo for Republic Pictures, before finally breaking away to form Batjac Productions.

( The 2004 Disney movie about the Alamo was not shot on this set, but in a new set built in Dripping Springs, Texas.

) Frank Thompson, a film historian, noted that each production changed the set in some way, big or small, and that the changes appear in each new movie about the Alamo, documenting the current view of authenticity over time.

Other highlights of their early career included singing their fourth single, " The Green Leaves of Summer ," from the John Wayne movie The Alamo, at the 1961 Academy Awards, and having their second album, BMOC / Best Music On / Off Campus, go top 10.

* Alamo Village, a movie set turned tourist attraction, in Brackettville, Texas

By the 1910s there were several movie theaters open on Canal Street, including the Alamo, the Plaza, and the Dreamworld.

The last scene in the movie shows the spirit of Crockett playing his violin on the top of the Alamo and then looking out on the horizon.

" According to Roger Ebert, " Conventional wisdom in Hollywood is that any movie named The Alamo must be simplistic and rousing, despite the fact that we already know all the defenders got killed.

By 1945 John Wayne had decided to make a movie about the 1836 Battle of the Alamo.

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.

The movie set, later known as Alamo Village, was constructed near Brackettville, Texas, on the ranch of James T. Shahan.

The movie shows the final battle as taking place during the day ; in reality, the massacre was pre-dawn, while most of the Alamo defenders were sleeping.

The movie Viva Max !, shot at the actual Alamo in San Antonio, makes numerous comedic references to the film with the Reynold Brown film poster painting featured.

During Mendiola's Artpace residency in 2001, he collaborated with artist Ruben Ortiz Torres to create “ Ozzy Goes to the Alamo ,” which the duo claims to be “ the world ’ s first Chicano 3-D movie .” Mendiola wrote and directed the one-hour movie Come and Take It Day ( PBS national broadcast, 2002 ) starring Jacob Vargas and Jesse Borrego.

In the movie The Alamo ( 2004 film ) the battle is briefly mentioned by David Crockett ( played by Billy Bob Thornton ).

One 1941 property from the Waco, Texas-based Alamo Plaza Courts chain, the first US motel chain ( founded 1929, expansion stopped with the departure of the chain's founders in the 1950s ), still stands on U. S. Route 190 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, but has been declining steadily since a change of ownership in the mid-1980s.

’ 42 ), dominated the short-lived Alamo Conference.

The new county was named for Lieutenant George C. Kimble ( sometimes spelled Kimbell ), who died during the Battle of the Alamo.

* Albert Martin ( soldier ) ( 1808-1836 ), Defender of the Alamo

New Braunfels is served by the New Braunfels Independent School District, Comal Independent School District, Alamo Colleges-Central Texas Technology Center ( http :// www. alamo. edu / cttc ), and private schools.

Brand Nubian is an American hip hop group from New Rochelle, New York, consisting of three MC's: Grand Puba ( born Maxwell Dixon, on March 4, 1966 ), Sadat X ( formerly Derek X, born Derek Murphy, on December 29, 1968 ) and Lord Jamar ( born Lorenzo Dechalus, on September 17, 1968 ), and two DJs: DJ Alamo and DJ Sincere.

The game was previously known as the Builders Square Alamo Bowl ( 1993 – 1998 ), the Sylvania Alamo Bowl ( 1999 – 2001 ) and the MasterCard Alamo Bowl ( 2002 – 2005 ).

* The letter written " To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World " during the Battle of the Alamo ( 1836 ), ends with " Victory or Death!

File: Cenotaph of the Alamo defenders ( fragment ), San Antonio, Texas, USA. jpg | Cenotaph of the Alamo defenders, Travis and Crockett

James " Jim " Bowie ( pronounced ) ( c. 1796 – March 6, 1836 ), a 19th-century American pioneer, soldier, smuggler, slave trader, and land speculator, played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution, culminating in his death at the Battle of the Alamo.

Pete Rugolo became the chief arranger ( extending Kenton's ideas ), Bob Cooper and Vido Musso offered very different tenor styles, and June Christy was Kenton's new singer ; her hits ( including " Tampico " and " Across the Alley From the Alamo ") made it possible for Kenton to finance his more ambitious projects.

He starred in three movies with John Wayne: The Alamo ( as Sam Houston ), Big Jake, and The Shootist.

Hispanic literature has many authors of micro-stories, including Augusto Monterroso ( El dinosaurio ), Luis Felipe Lomelí ( El Emigrante ), Alfredo Alamo, Santiago Eximeno and Jose Luis Zarate.