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Post by cje on Mar 19, 2011 17:48:15 GMT -5
Aside from the woderful Life Magazine credit art work, where can one get the other pieces of art scenes that were used in the opening credits of John Wayne's film, The Alamo?
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Post by gtj222 on Mar 19, 2011 18:53:06 GMT -5
Good question, Rich knows???
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Post by Kevin Young on Mar 19, 2011 19:43:09 GMT -5
Several of the Wayne film collectors have negatives of these: The Life Magazine one was also sent out as Press Packett...the original painting used in it and the Life Magazine spread was donated to the Special Collections Department of Texas A&M University and back in the 1990's was on public display at the George Bush Library/Museum on campus.
The Reynold Brown painting, featured on posters and the album cover, is on display in the Alamo Gift Shop.
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Post by fespar on Mar 24, 2011 1:27:44 GMT -5
I have a high quality photo copy,14x20 inches, of a great painting used in the opening of The Alamo.
peder.g@telia.com
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Post by Rich Curilla on Apr 3, 2011 13:44:39 GMT -5
I have a high quality photo copy,14x20 inches, of a great painting used in the opening of The Alamo. peder.g@telia.com If you watch the main title sequence closely, you will see that there are actually nine different paintings taking the Alamo from before sunrise (actually a sunset) to broad daylight. A very evocative opening for the film, and it obviously still resonates with us today. |
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Post by Rich Curilla on Apr 3, 2011 14:01:33 GMT -5
The Main Title art was painted by Russel Roberts. These included the one (number 9) that was used for the gatefold Life Magazine July 4th. ad and is now owned by A&M.
The Reynold Brown battle painting now owned by the Alamo (as Kevin points out) and FINALLY put back on exhibit in the Gift Shop Museum, albeit with no identification, was created for Batjac and UA as what Hollywood calls "key art." That is a specific work of art created to be used as the basis for all newspaper advertising. It could be reproduced in its entirety, as with the gigantic billboard on Broadway, or in portion, as with the verticle ads using only the trinity.
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Post by Kevin Young on Apr 3, 2011 14:10:35 GMT -5
My favorite is still the one looking over the palisade...
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Post by Rich Curilla on Apr 3, 2011 15:12:15 GMT -5
My favorite is still the one looking over the palisade... That one -- and the Life one -- are equal favorites for me. Only difference is that the Life one has been in my face all my life and the the over-the-palisade one (without supered titles) is fresh for me -- and just SUCH a great angle. |
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Post by tracesoftexas on Apr 4, 2011 23:59:17 GMT -5
I have a high quality photo copy,14x20 inches, of a great painting used in the opening of The Alamo. peder.g@telia.com You know, at my printing shop in Austin, I have a high quality scanner and two different 64" wide printers, one an Epson and one a Mutoh. We could scan your high quality photo, enlarge it using Genuine Fractals, and make HUGE, high quality prints from it. I can print on canvas as well as other substrates. Just an idea. jdarznieks@tracesoftexas.com |
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Post by cje on May 22, 2011 16:46:37 GMT -5
The music and the art of the opening of the film still haunt me. The one piece of art that has Richard Boone's credit shows the "short" north wall of the Church. I guess Mr. Wayne saved some adobe bricks on that wall.
The soldier on the wall of the church also kinda gets me. cje
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Post by loucapitano on May 29, 2011 11:59:59 GMT -5
Likewise, I'm always filled with emotion by the music and artwork of the JW Opening. I'd also vote for the palisade scene, the angle is superb.
The figure on the chapel also evokes feelings because you cannot tell if it is a Texan or Mexican. I don't think it was meant to be clear. Either way, it is haunting as the lone sentinel watching over the shrine.
Lou..."I've got to get back to the Alamo!"
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Post by Kevin Young on May 29, 2011 14:59:19 GMT -5
Actually-it is a Texan-and in the PR images where it the same shots where taken at Alamo Village-it is the actor who plays "the atheist" in the night before the battle scene.
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Post by Paul Sylvain on May 30, 2011 18:25:02 GMT -5
This is fascinating -- I've always been into music, long before I was allowed to take up a guitar and learn to play it. So, even as a youngster, it was the music in the intro that got to me .... the music, couple with that awesome art.
Then there's that whole "Greensleeves" theme that I first heard in that movie. It remains one of my all-time favorite songs -- while more aligned with Christmas, it brings me back to the Alamo whenever I hear it. So haunting ...
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Post by loucapitano on May 31, 2011 14:29:42 GMT -5
Kevin:
Bukem and Bosh! When you're dead you're just meat for the worms...So that's who is was.
Thanks for expanding my knowledge with that nugget. Wearing white pants, crossed shoulder straps and a sombrero hat, I could never tell.
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Post by Bill Yowell on May 31, 2011 19:19:06 GMT -5
Paul, I believe you are confusing "Green Leaves of Summer"(Kingston Trio and others) with " Greensleeves"(What Child is This). They are both beautiful and moving tunes.
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