DATE-LINE 1955...Disney's TV-Mini-Series, "Davy Crockett...King of the Wild Frontier" Opens a "Gold-Mine" that Keeps Funneling Endless Amounts of Money to "The House of Mouse".
This Fictional Press Lease is Factually Based on...
TV-Ratings, Merchandising Financial Reports, and the Hordes of Baby-Boomers Spotted Wearing "Coon-Skin" Hats and Collecting Bubble-Gum Cards.
The "Ballad of Davy Crockett" got Constant Radio Play and Sold 10 Million Copies in 1 Year.
The Aforementioned Kids were also Carrying, Mom's P&J with Optional Apple Inside Colorfully Painted Tin (not the cheesy plastic with stuck-on stickers that began to peel immediately) Lunch Boxes Across the USA.
David "Davy" Crockett was "Born On a Mountain-Top in Tennessee...The Greenest State in the Land of the Free".
But Davy Crockett Became an "American" Hero as He Helped Fight the Tyrant Santa Anna but Perished along with 180 other "Rebels" at "The Alamo" .
The Mexican Army Out-Numbered the "Ruffians" 30-1.
Scruffians such as Jim Bowie,(Sterling Hayden) a Rugged, 6'6" Knife Carrier.
In this Film even Davy Crockett (Arthur Hunnicut) has a Full-Beard.
A Movie about the Siege with Known "Bigger than Life" Names Like Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie was a No-Brainer.
But Republic Studio Politics Stopped Super-Star John Wayne (who insisted on a big-budget, starring, and directing). They Told Wayne to Stand-Down.
He Quit the Studio, but did Not Quit on His Idea. Raising Enormous Amounts of Money on His Own.
He Filmed His Vision...an Over-Long, Bloated, Bloviating Movie "The Alamo'' (1960).
His "Vision" of the Story, while 5 Years Late, was Anything But a Dollar Short. It Dwarfed Disney and Republic Studios with Everything that Money Could Buy.
John Wayne had Everything that He Desired. Except Humility Imagination and Directorial Talent. The Movie Flopped and Fizzled.
Wayne Did Not Better a TV-Show or Lowly Republic Studios that Showed the Ego-Maniacal "Duke" the Door.
Overall, "The Last Command" (1955) is a Watchable, Mythological Gaze at "Jim Bowie".
Climaxing at "The Alamo" with a Short, but Impressively Produced Last Days of the Last Command that Became a Fight for Independence.
It's Not Surprising that Everyone in America does..,.'Remember The Alamo"
This Fictional Press Lease is Factually Based on...
TV-Ratings, Merchandising Financial Reports, and the Hordes of Baby-Boomers Spotted Wearing "Coon-Skin" Hats and Collecting Bubble-Gum Cards.
The "Ballad of Davy Crockett" got Constant Radio Play and Sold 10 Million Copies in 1 Year.
The Aforementioned Kids were also Carrying, Mom's P&J with Optional Apple Inside Colorfully Painted Tin (not the cheesy plastic with stuck-on stickers that began to peel immediately) Lunch Boxes Across the USA.
David "Davy" Crockett was "Born On a Mountain-Top in Tennessee...The Greenest State in the Land of the Free".
But Davy Crockett Became an "American" Hero as He Helped Fight the Tyrant Santa Anna but Perished along with 180 other "Rebels" at "The Alamo" .
The Mexican Army Out-Numbered the "Ruffians" 30-1.
Scruffians such as Jim Bowie,(Sterling Hayden) a Rugged, 6'6" Knife Carrier.
In this Film even Davy Crockett (Arthur Hunnicut) has a Full-Beard.
A Movie about the Siege with Known "Bigger than Life" Names Like Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie was a No-Brainer.
But Republic Studio Politics Stopped Super-Star John Wayne (who insisted on a big-budget, starring, and directing). They Told Wayne to Stand-Down.
He Quit the Studio, but did Not Quit on His Idea. Raising Enormous Amounts of Money on His Own.
He Filmed His Vision...an Over-Long, Bloated, Bloviating Movie "The Alamo'' (1960).
His "Vision" of the Story, while 5 Years Late, was Anything But a Dollar Short. It Dwarfed Disney and Republic Studios with Everything that Money Could Buy.
John Wayne had Everything that He Desired. Except Humility Imagination and Directorial Talent. The Movie Flopped and Fizzled.
Wayne Did Not Better a TV-Show or Lowly Republic Studios that Showed the Ego-Maniacal "Duke" the Door.
Overall, "The Last Command" (1955) is a Watchable, Mythological Gaze at "Jim Bowie".
Climaxing at "The Alamo" with a Short, but Impressively Produced Last Days of the Last Command that Became a Fight for Independence.
It's Not Surprising that Everyone in America does..,.'Remember The Alamo"