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  Seguin Family Historical Society
The Alamo, A Voyage to a Valiant Epoch
On the morning of the 9th the Texans observe a white flag flying from the Alamo.
Captain Seguin defends the Alamo Mission alongside Bowie, Crocket, Travis and the men that had come to Texas seeking their wealth, land and a new start in a new land.
seguinfamilyhistory.com   (6694 words)

  
 The Alamo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Typically, The Alamo refers to the Battle of the Alamo in 1836, in direct reference to a building refered to as "the Alamo" in San Antonio, Texas.
It might, however, just be referring to a different disambiguation of alamo/Alamo.
It also might be referring to one of the movies inspired by the battle:
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Alamo   (139 words)

  
 Washington's Old Movie Palaces Disappearing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Movies caught on slowly in Washington, and there were few exhibitions during the next several years.
The number of movie theaters in the city jumped from three in the fall of 1907 to 21 in the spring of 1908.
Countering the discriminatory policies of the downtown movie palaces that restricted fl patrons to the balconies, the Howard reserved its balcony for whites.
www.innercity.org /columbiaheights/newspaper/movie_theater.html   (2582 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: San Francisco, CA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was opened in 1936 and the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937.
During World War II, San Francisco was the major mainland supply point and port of embarkation for the war in the Pacific.
Movies set in the city include Basic Instinct, Edtv, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Pacific Heights, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, The Presidio, and Vertigo.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/San-Francisco,-CA   (4189 words)

  
 USCCB - (Film and Broadcasting) - The "A" Listing of the Movie Reviews
The following movies have been evaluated by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishop's Office for Film and Broadcasting according to artistic merit and moral suitability.
The reviews include the USCCB rating, the Motion Picture Association of America rating, and a brief synopsis of the movie.
All archived movies that were originally in the A-IV category are now classified as L. Office for Film and Broadcasting
www.usccb.org /movies/a/a.shtml   (242 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Patrick Wilson (actor)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general.
The Alamo can refer to: The Battle of the Alamo, 1836 Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Texas, the site of the battle Several films inspired by the battle: The Alamo, 1936 The Alamo, 1960 The Alamo, 1987 The Alamo, 2004 Alamo Beer, a fictional brand of beer from King of...
The Alamo is a 2004 movie, a second major studio film about the legendary battle, was shot and scheduled for release initially in December 2003 and then rescheduled for release in April 2004.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Patrick-Wilson-%28actor%29   (914 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Despite obvious and significant differences between the movie and the novel, some scholar's argue that Cooper's conclusion is not unlike the movie's; though he may have regretted the passing of a valiant people, they believe that for him the triumph of the new civilization unquestionably justified what had to happen.
In effect, the inglorious defeat and massacre at Fort William Henry, like Custer's last stand and the Alamo, calls for retribution; justice is obtained by conquering the enemy that perpetrated the outrage and, in the case of the French, Indians, and Mexicans, annexing their lands.
The movie, The Last of the Mohicans, was made in the United States by the Frenchman, Maurice Tourneur, along with Clarence Brown, in 1920.
sye.freeshell.org /xerox/last.txt   (5827 words)

  
 War Movies and TV Shows - Listings, Plot Summary, and Military History
You viewed the movies in the context of when they were made to see how the values of America (according to the movie producers) are reflected in the movie.
The only movie we saw that was filmed during WWII was "The Ox-Bow Incident" (1943, Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes, Anthony Quinn, William Eythe, Harry Morgan; produced by Henry Morgan) However, this movie was very allegorical to the question of punishment toward the Italians, Germans and Japanese after the war is over.
Movie focused on members of the unit bent on revenge toward an Afghanistan warlord who had killed their friends and family members while they were stationed along the India / Afganistan border, who subsequently fled and joined the Russian side during the Crimean War.
www.taphilo.com /history/warmovies.shtml   (9115 words)

  
 Adventure_drama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Too Absent, Too Long : This is a legendary movie of the 1950s, long regarded as one of John Wayne's all time greatest films.
okay : this is a three star movie with a five star dvd.
one of the biggest problems with the movie was the first battle...
dvd.mysic.ca /Adventure_Drama   (937 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Honky-tonk singer-songwriter, movie actor, record retailer, a longtime Grand Ole Opry star, and member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, Ernest Dale Tubb was among the most influential and important country performers in history.
Youngest of five children in a sharecropper’s family, Ernest Tubb was born on a cotton farm near Crisp, Texas (thirty-five miles southeast of Dallas) and spent his youth farming in different parts of the state.
A fan of early movie cowboys such as Buck Jones and Tom Mix, Tubb first heard the recordings of Jimmie Rodgers in 1928 and became a huge fan of him and his work.
www.countrymusichalloffame.com /inductees/ernest_tubb.html   (1050 words)

  
 Movie house lights up Main Street again | csmonitor.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Like many of these old theaters, the Dietrich Theatre - a vintage 1936 Art Deco movie palace - was built during the Depression.
Businesswoman Lori Bogodin, who, with her husband, owns the Twigs Cafe and the Spice of Life Shop down the street, echoes the sentiment of other residents when she says: "The downtown was dying.
Mainstream movies, which provide the real cash flow for the operation, will soon be balanced with independent films and documentaries.
www.csmonitor.com /2003/0829/p19s01-almo.html   (974 words)

  
 The Alamo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Allen County Public Library and ARCH are searching for a buyer for the Alamo apartment building on Webster Street.
The Allen County Public Library and ARCH Inc. are wondering whether anyone is going to remember the Alamo.
"Alamo's online check-in is available to any Alamo customer, no matter which channel they may have sued to make their reservation," said chief marketing officer Jerry Dow in a statement.
www.infothis.com /find/The_Alamo   (283 words)

  
 Biography for John Wayne (I)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
His conservative political stance was also reflected in The Alamo (1960) which he produced, directed and starred in.
According to movie industry columnist Jim Bacon, Wayne's producers issued phony press releases when he was hospitalized for cancer surgery in September 1964, claiming the star was being treated for lung congestion.
His last "personal" projects, which he directed and starred in, were the sprawling, extravagant super-production The Alamo (1960), in which he played Davy Crockett, and The Green Berets (1968), which reinforced his real-life image as a Hawk during the Vietnam era.
www.imdb.com /name/nm0000078/bio   (5211 words)

  
 Movie Posters for Movie Poster Collectors All About Collecting Movie Posters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Because of their rarity, the avid movie poster collector has concentrated on movie poster or theater art.
These are the posters that are delivered and displayed by the movie theaters and then intended to be thrown away.
Another type of movie poster is the commercial poster, which is mass-produced for direct sale to the public.
www.movie-posters-index.com /R20.html   (1064 words)

  
 Texas Governor Rick Perry - Texas Music Pioneers (A-M) / Texas Music History Tour   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Movie actor Jimmy Stewart was one of the owners of the new station, and he was in Galveston to emcee the opening along with Paul Taft, who was the station's president.
Between 1934 and 1936, the band made over one hundred recordings for Victor and Decca, becoming the first western swing band to record.
She was the "Queen of the Cowgirls" and together they appeared in 35 movies, including "My Pal Trigger," "Apache Rose" and "Don't Fence Me In." She also wrote the 1955 gospel music standard "The Bible Tells Me So." She and Rogers recorded more than 400 songs.
www.governor.state.tx.us /divisions/music/tour/pioneers.htm   (9644 words)

  
 Genealogy Images of History Ak - Ao   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
ALAMO MOVIE, The * - Movie horses falling named in massive story entitled "MOVIE HORSES - THE TREATMENT AND TRAINING OF AS GOOD AS ACTORS AS HOLLYWOOD EVER PRODUCED" includes history of great horses in the movies as found in this very rare, complete western magazine.
ALAMO, The - 1936 - San Antonio, Texas - Featured in "Landmarks of American History" as saved from this old American Pictorial Magazine.
ALAMO, The - Mentioned in "Queen of the West" By: Al Eason, the history of the founding of Jefferson, Texas.
www.genealogyimagesofhistory.com /ak-ao.htm   (8807 words)

  
 movie poster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
It's no secret that since moving pictures were invented, distributors and theater owners realized that nothing really promotes a movie better than blatantly sexual advertising.
X-rated adult movies reached their peak in the 1960s and 70s, with films like Debbie Does Dallas and Deep Throat.
For each listing, the title, year of release, major cast, releasing company, historical notes, and current prices for the movie posters are included in an easy-to-read format.
www.maps-etc.com /mkw/movie_poster_page1.html   (244 words)

  
 ALAMO IMAGES: Changing Perceptions of a Texas Experience
Alamo buildings in use as Army supply depot, ca.
Armand Welcker, "The Mexican Assault on the Alamo"
Frederick C. Yohn, "The Battle of the Alamo," ca.
www.humanities-interactive.org /texas/alamo/aloutline.htm   (861 words)

  
 The Alamo - Auctions
Gates of the Alamo by Stephen Harrigan (2000) - $0.25
The Alamo -New DVD-FREE SHIPPING-John Wayne - $9.99
THE ALAMO (1960) - Dimitri Tiomkin - Scarce/OOP - MINT!
www.d43.com /s/The-Alamo/index.html   (1577 words)

  
 Billy Joel's: We didn't start the fire--The Examination and explanation--Imported by ETOX
In the movie "Love Happy", United Artists, April 1950 staring: Marx Brothers, Ilona Massey, Eric Blore, Vera-Ellen, Raymond Burr, Marilyn Monroe had a 3 minute walk-on scene with Groucho Marx.
Davy Crockett Frontiersman under President Andrew Jackson who died at the Alamo in 1936.
Movies: High Noon (1952) Peyton Place First night time soap opera Trouble in the Suez Egypt nationalizes the canal and refuses passage to Israel.
unsolvedmysteries.com /usm119057.html   (2453 words)

  
 The Alamo (1960) - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
He made his mark in 1936's The Charge of The Light Brigade and went on to pull stunts in films like Fort Apache, Rio Grande, The Magnificent Seven and The Alamo.
Harris and Katz refer to themselves as activists -- "restoration police" -- in the effort to save deteriorating classic films.
They have reportedly compiled a list of two dozen large-format films, including Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Ben-Hur (1959), West Side Story (1961) and Alamo, The (1960) that they would like to see restored.
imdb.com /rg/title-related/maindetails-news/title/tt0053580/news   (249 words)

  
 Open Directory - Arts:Movies:Titles:A
This category is for sites related to the 2003 movie Adored: Diary of a Male Porn Star, also called Poco più di un anno fa, starring Marco Filiberti and Urbano Barberini, directed and written by Marco Filiberti.
The 1994 movie "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert", is a tale of three drag queens that travel across Australia in an old school bus, named Priscilla.
The Alamo is a 2004 remake of the 1936 classic of the same name.
dmoz.org /Arts/Movies/Titles/A/desc.html   (4881 words)

  
 The Last of the Mohicans and the Holocaust
6 The credits to Michael Mann's highly popular 1992 movie state that it was based both on Cooper's novel and Philip Dunne's sceenplay for the 1936 movie.
Barker and Sabin, who contend that Cooper's novel is racist, nonetheless speculate that Tourneur's movie may have been a self-conscious response to D. Griffith's deeply racist 1915 classic, Birth of a Nation; in other words, Tourneur intended his movie to be an anti-racist statement.
The subtitle reads: "The bond of a common danger—drawing together these two, so widely separated by the mystery of birth." Uncas is praised for his "depths of thought and imagination." After the battle of Fort William Henry, Cora is taken prisoner by Magua.
external.oneonta.edu /cooper/articles/suny/2001suny-axelrad.html   (6691 words)

  
 "Secret Agent Man" (2000) - Fuzzster.com - A Social Network for Pets.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The movie begins when Walter asks his California neighbor, who is an unemployed cameraman, to videotape his confession.
The movie will be based on the fourth game: Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare, which was released in June.
That guy was getting hjuge movie deals, clearing loads of money and selling tons of merchandise The only difference is, this time the Show fully realizes it.
www.fuzzster.com /f/show/fl/218110.html   (3230 words)

  
 1936 Alamo, The A Titles Movies Arts
Allwatchers Review - The Alamo - Analytical review of the plot, setting, theme, and structure of the John Wayne film, and links to similar movies.
Apollo Movie Guide: The Alamo - Review, summary, cast and crew information, and links.
IMDb: Alamo, The (1960) - Includes cast and crew, plot summary, and user comments.
www.iaswww.com /ODP/Arts/Movies/Titles/A/Alamo,_The_-_1936   (107 words)

  
 What do Scooby Doo, The Punisher and Yu-Gi-Oh All Have In Common?
They have been trying to right their financial books with movie and TV projects, but failed to realize that these could be very slow in coming.
Options are a dime a dozen in Hollywood and no matter who you have talk to studios, things get done at the studio’s speed, not at the speed you would like.
They are willing to give away a portion of the profits on movie projects for cash today.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/comic_books/105351   (767 words)

  
 The Staff
Early on, Don had commandeered his dad's 8mm Bolex camera, and discovered that if you wrote the movie, and directed the movie and starred in it, you always won the fights.
In the future, he hopes to write some damn good private eye novels, or at least be a damn good private eye himself.
When he's not writing or studying, he is a security dispatcher, a movie buff and a mediocre guitarist.
www.thrillingdetective.com /cont.html   (7215 words)

  
 The Alamo (1960) - Recommendations
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Based on a complex formula and ongoing feedback from movie fans around the world, we've sorted through hundreds of thousands of movies and TV shows (some on video, some not) to come up with IMDb Recommends.
Enter the name of a favorite movie or show, click "go," and we'll recommend a few others you might like.
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 austin downtown business guide
Nestled in the heart of the "Live Music Capital of the World," one block from Austin's legendary 6th Street Entertainment District and a short walk to the State Capital, UT and Town Lake.
Austin's world famous independently owned & operated movie theater.
Serving a full menu of dinner & drinks to your seat while you watch the movie.
www.6street.com /6s_pg_etc.htm   (423 words)

  
 Films by Latter-day Saints: Directors, Producers
This is a list of films (primarily feature films, but also TV movies, direct-to-video and other types), made by Latter-day Saint directors and producers.
Kels Goodman, the director of the upcoming historical epic "Handcart", may be best known to movie audiences for his $30,000 independent film "Yankee 2 Kilo," a romantic comedy about Y2K paranoia.
It's the sweetest action movie about neo-Nazis you've ever seen.
www.ldsfilm.com /dir.html   (5361 words)

  
 Billy Joel's, We Didn't Start The Fire
Well loved 33rd President of the United States (1945-1953).  Made the decision to drop the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima & Nagasaki.  "Give 'em hell Harry!" The 1949 Inauguration was the first to be nationally televised, and was estimated to have been viewed by 10 million Americans.
Frontiersman under President Andrew Jackson who died at the Alamo in 1936.  Because of Walt Disney's now weekly show, Davy Crockett becomes the newest fad among kids.
British minister Stephen Ward was brought down by virtue of a sex scandal in the early 60s -- he had an affair with Christine Keeler and killed himself in shame.
www.rareexception.com /Garden/Eighties/Fire.php   (2733 words)

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