MovieChat Forums > The Man from the Alamo (1953) Discussion > Truth or fiction?

Truth or fiction?

posted 15 years ago by pathfinder616
4 replies | jump to latest

are there any historians watching this? is this story truth or Hollywood fiction?

"only one food for the rest of my life? That's easy, cherry-flavored Pez. No question about it."

[–] pathfinder616 15 years ago

internet research reveals that "The Man From the Alamo" "purported to tell the story of Louis Rose, who refused to cross Travis' line and fled the Alamo before its fall, but the Hollywood went its own unhistorical way. In the film, the Rose character is named John Stroud from a fictional town of Oxbow."
- from "Deep In the Heart" by James McEnteer

"only one food for the rest of my life? That's easy, cherry-flavored Pez. No question about it."

[–] willjohn 15 years ago

One man on horseback escaping from the siege and not being cut down by the Mexican Army? What do you think?

[–] Bobster36 14 years ago

Actually, several messengers on horseback got through the Mexican lines. James Butler Bonham not only got through to deliver a message but also got through to return to the Alamo where he was killed. So Glenn Ford's character getting out is believable. But that six-shooter strapped to his side several decades before they were invented is not.

[–] musicbytes 11 years ago

it's a movie ! it is entertainment ! technicolor escapism ! That is it !