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 in San Antonio, Texas. The film was done in pantomime and audio was done by narration and organ music.

The Alamo: Shrine of Texas Liberty
Directed byStuart Paton
Written byNorman Sheldon
Produced byH.W. Kier
StarringPercy Barbat
Claudia Britton
Dayton Faulkner
Narrated byPercy Barbat
CinematographyHarry Forbes
Edited byStuart Paton
Music byT. Ralph Willis
Color processBlack and White
Production
company
Kier Film Company
Release date
  • 1938 (1938)
Running time
16 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The film starred Coates Gwynne, Sterling Waters and Mrs. Florence Griffith. The music supervisor was Vernon Geyer.[1] The film is an educational reenactment of the siege at the Alamo, but the filming location was actually Mission San José.[2] The film was released soon after the centennial of the Alamo.

Plot

Cast
  • Percy Barbat as Narrator (voice)
  • Claudia Britton as Angelina
  • Dayton Faulkner as Capt. Martin
  • Mrs. Florence Griffith as Mrs. Dickenson
  • Coates Gwynne as Travis
  • Dittie Homeshea as Son
  • J.R. Klumpp as Bowie
  • Clarence Risien as Capt. Dickinson
  • Sterling Waters as Davy Crockett
  • Paul Willit as Santa Anna

See also

References
  1. "The Alamo: Shrine of Texas Liberty (1938) - IMDb". IMDb.
  2. Thompson, Frank. Texas Hollywood: Filmmaking in San Antonio Since 1910. San Antonio: Maverick Publishing Company, 2002. p 43.


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