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Post by ronald on Oct 7, 2015 10:51:41 GMT -5
I think there a lot of sub stories that would be interesting. You could have a soap opera about the tragic life of Travis son. Or Louis Rose. Or any of the riders who went for help! You could do one that would interest more then the Alamo fan. Other than one Wagon train show and one young ridder show not many have been done
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Post by Rich Curilla on Oct 7, 2015 21:40:58 GMT -5
"Man From the Alamo" was quite a soap opera -- a soap horse opera.
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Post by Bill Yowell on Oct 8, 2015 10:10:40 GMT -5
I would like to see an attempt at a study on Bonham. While he existed in most "Alamo" movies, he never seems to garner the recognition he should get for his heroic attempt to secure assistance for the garrison, yet returning to the battle knowing well that he was riding to his death.
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Post by Rich Curilla on Oct 8, 2015 22:17:44 GMT -5
I would like to see an attempt at a study on Bonham. While he existed in most "Alamo" movies, he never seems to garner the recognition he should get for his heroic attempt to secure assistance for the garrison, yet returning to the battle knowing well that he was riding to his death. Yes, even John Lee Hancock was forced to cut Bonham's ride-in to the Alamo due to time constraints. If he had used the ride-in, he would have had to use other Bonham related support scenes as well. If he had "final cut" privilege, he would have kept it. He said the hardest phone calls he had to make were to Mark Blucas who played Bonham and Wes Studi who played Chief Bowles.
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Post by Rich Curilla on Oct 9, 2015 0:06:53 GMT -5
I am of the opinion that Bonham never knew Fannin had turned back. Thus he had no reason to think he was riding to his death. He was delivering a letter to Travis from Travis' friend Robert MacAlpin Williamson urging him to hold out -- that 60 men were already sent from Gonzales (32 of whom had arrived at the Alamo on March 1st.), that 300 were marching with Fannin and that 300 more were expected from Brazoria and other Texas communities. So Williamson didn't know that Fannin had changed plans. Fannin turned back on February 29th. and said he "sent an express to Gonzales" to inform them. Williamson's encouraging message to Travis was dated March 1st., the next day, and said nothing about new word from Fannin. Bonham thus left Gonzales on March 1st. and arrived at the Alamo, according to Travis, at 11:00 A.M. on March 3rd. Goliad is due south of Gonzales. Béxar is due west. There is no way Bonham could have crossed paths with Fannin's messenger. He was simply delivering a letter to Travis. However, he is still to be commended for making the attempt at rallying men. He left Travis on February 17 and rode to Fannin at Goliad to urge him to relieve Béxar, then rode to Gonzales to rally reinforcements from that quarter, and then back to the Alamo by March 3. He was prepared to die going through Santa Anna's lines in order to get this encouraging news to Travis.
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Post by ronald on Oct 12, 2015 15:02:22 GMT -5
Either way it would make a good story. The man from the Alamo was strange with the six guns and such. A story about an older Moses Rose and his regrets I would like to see
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Post by Rich Curilla on Oct 13, 2015 14:19:59 GMT -5
A story about an older Moses Rose and his regrets I would like to see That would take a very special writer with a lot of imagination and probably fail at the boxoffice. I've actually thought of one about Charles Edward Travis and his tough life "Living in the Shadow of a Hero Father." Everywhere he would go, folks would measure him against the legend and myth of this dad.
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Post by rayjr on Oct 30, 2015 18:22:31 GMT -5
Ah yes - 3-Legged Willie again!!
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