The Alamo: Shrine of Texas Liberty
The Alamo: Shrine of Texas Liberty is a 1938 American black-and-white Western war film directed by Stuart Paton and produced by H. W. Kier and Norman Sheldon. The film was a two-reel short produced in a couple of weeks San Antonio, Texas. The film was done in pantomime and audio was done by narration and organ music.
The film starred , and Mrs. Florence Griffith. The film is an educational reenactment of the siege at the Alamo, but the filming location was actually Mission San José.[1] The film was released soon after the centennial of the Alamo.
See also[]
- The Immortal Alamo (1911) earliest film on the Alamo
- Heroes of the Alamo (1937 film)
- The Alamo (1960) feature film starring John Wayne
- Alamo (disambiguation)#Films, for other films about the Alamo
References[]
- ^ Thompson, Frank. Texas Hollywood: Filmmaking in San Antonio Since 1910. San Antonio: Maverick Publishing Company, 2002. p 43.
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Categories:
- 1938 films
- 1938 Western (genre) films
- 1930s war films
- American Western (genre) films
- American black-and-white films
- American films
- Films directed by Stuart Paton
- Siege films
- Texas Revolution films
- 1930s Western (genre) film stubs
- War film stubs