Actor John Wayne made his directorial debut on this Western box office flop that he stood by despite a heaping dose of ...

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 ...

L-R: John Wayne as Col. Davy Crockett and Richard Widmark as Col. Jim Bowie | Tom Nebbia/Corbis via Getty Images Wayne directed, produced, and starred in The Alamo as Col. Davy Crockett. However, his ...

The Battle of the Alamo was fought over 13 days on the grounds of an 18th century Spanish mission in San Antonio in the winter of 1836. But the battle over our collective memory of the Alamo is still ...

Americans love their folk heroes and historical figures that seem larger than life and generate interest and veneration. In the 19th century, as the country was expanding its borders at the behest of ...

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 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 ...