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Heroes of the Alamo is a american film of genre War directed by Harry L. Fraser released in USA on 7 august 1937 with Lane Chandler
Heroes of the Alamo (1937)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 7 august 1937
Length 1h15
Directed by Harry L. Fraser
OriginUSA
Themes Political films
Rating55%
For other films about the Alamo, see Alamo_(disambiguation)#Films.
Heroes of the Alamo (1937) is a low-budget retelling of the events of the Texas Revolution and the Battle of the Alamo. It was produced by Anthony J. Xydias and reuses the battle scenes of his 1926 silent film Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo. About 35 minutes of the latter film is available on the DVD of Heroes of the Alamo, all that remains of the silent film.
Synopsis
Unlike other Alamo films that concentrate on Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, the main protagonists are Almaron (Bruce Warren) and Susanna Dickinson (Ruth Findlay) and their daughter Angelina (Marilyn Haslett). The film gives a fictionalised fast moving account of the restriction on American emigration to Texas, the arrest of Stephen F. Austin by Santa Anna (Julian Rivero), Sam Houston (Edward Piel) appointed General to build the Texian Army, and Dickinson's participation in both the Battle of Gonzales and the Battle of the Alamo.Actors
Lane Chandler
(Davy Crockett)
Rex Lease
(Colonel William B. Travis)
Ruth Findlay
Earle Hodgins
(Stephen F. Austin)
William Costello
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