The Martyrs of the Alamo (1915)
Drama | 21 November 1915
Cast:
Sam De Grasse, Walter Long, A. D. Sears [ More ]Director:
W. Christy CabanneWriter:
W. Christy CabanneProduction Company:
Fine Arts Film Co.This film was planned to be a Mutual Masterpicture made by the Reliance Motion Picture Corp. before the Triangle Film Corp. and the Fine Arts Film Co. were formed.
It had its premiere in New York on 3 Oct 1915. According to a contemporary NYT review, this was the first film in which Douglas Fairbanks acted, although The Lamb, in which Fairbanks starred, was actually released before this film.
According to material in the Aitken Brothers Papers, the film's complete title was The Martyrs of the Alamo, or the Birth of Texas and "story arrangement" was by W. Christy Cabanne and Theodosia Harris.
According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, this film is extant. The Library also lists two alternate titles: The Birth of Texas and The Saving of Texas. ...
This film was planned to be a Mutual Masterpicture made by the Reliance Motion Picture Corp. before the Triangle Film Corp. and the Fine Arts Film Co. were formed.
It had its premiere in New York on 3 Oct 1915. According to a contemporary NYT review, this was the first film in which Douglas Fairbanks acted, although The Lamb, in which Fairbanks starred, was actually released before this film.
According to material in the Aitken Brothers Papers, the film's complete title was The Martyrs of the Alamo, or the Birth of Texas and "story arrangement" was by W. Christy Cabanne and Theodosia Harris.
According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, this film is extant. The Library also lists two alternate titles: The Birth of Texas and The Saving of Texas.
The Saving of Texas
In 1836, during the Mexican revolution in which Texas obtains its freedom, 250 Americans under Colonel Travis, including Davy Crockett and James Bowie, capture the Alamo against 5,000 Mexicans under General Santa Anna. During the battle, Crockett and Bowie argue about the relative effectiveness of their favorite weapons, the shotgun and the knife. Bowie dies of consumption, but his last act is the killing of a Mexican with the knife he invented. Silent Smith escapes the stockades and makes his way through the ranks of Mexicans to General Sam Houston leading the American rangers. He warns of the danger facing his comrades at the Alamo, but Houston and his forces arrive too late to prevent their massacre. Santa Anna recaptures the Alamo but is then routed by ...
In 1836, during the Mexican revolution in which Texas obtains its freedom, 250 Americans under Colonel Travis, including Davy Crockett and James Bowie, capture the Alamo against 5,000 Mexicans under General Santa Anna. During the battle, Crockett and Bowie argue about the relative effectiveness of their favorite weapons, the shotgun and the knife. Bowie dies of consumption, but his last act is the killing of a Mexican with the knife he invented. Silent Smith escapes the stockades and makes his way through the ranks of Mexicans to General Sam Houston leading the American rangers. He warns of the danger facing his comrades at the Alamo, but Houston and his forces arrive too late to prevent their massacre. Santa Anna recaptures the Alamo but is then routed by Houston.
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