The deaths of Davy Crockett and ... said about any form of art that carries with it a high level of ambition. John Wayne's directorial effort to bring the saga of the Alamo to life on the big ...

Weil collected antique rifles as folk art. "In the mid-'80s ... interested in history because of Davy Crockett," he said. "I wanted to know 'Where is this Alamo, and what happened?' ...

For many, it’s an image of Davy Crockett as enduring as John Wayne’s long-rifle-swinging portrayal of the coonskin-capped Alamo hero at the end. Crockett could play a mean fiddle. Or could he?

He ultimately became the most heralded person to die at the infamous Battle of the Alamo in Texas ... Getty Images and Bridgeman Art Library. Video of Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier ...

displaying artifacts belonging to some of the Alamo's most famous defenders, including Davy Crockett and James Bowie. Visit the Alamo Church on your own or by guided tour, and then check out the ...

SAN ANTONIO — The legendary American frontiersman and folk hero Davy Crockett would be proud. Remembering the Alamo, including the bravery of Crockett and the other men who fought and died here ...

Yet on this particular evening, as depicted in John Lee Hancock’s sorely overlooked The Alamo, Billy Bob Thornton as Davy Crockett stands atop to the parapets of the Alamo to greet the melodic ...

Tonight's film is the historical epic, "The Alamo," released by United Artists in 1960. The movie is produced and directed by John Wayne, who also stars as Davy Crockett. Richard Widmark and ...