The Alamo Village Texas |
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The Alamo Village is an active movie Film set and tourist attraction attraction north of Brackettville, Texas. The Alamo Village, the first movie location built in Texas, was constructed as the setting for the 1960 film The Alamo, directed by John Wayne and starring John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey and Frankie Avalon. The set was built by James T. "Happy" Shahan of Brackettville, who in 1995 was named the "Father of the Texas movie industry" by Governor George W. Bush. Shahan began building the set on his ranch in September, 1957 for Wayne, who had tried for years to make a movie about the Battle of the Alamo for Republic Pictures, before finally breaking away to form Batjac Productions. Filming of The Alamo began in August, 1959. Originally the set was to be facades of the front and sides of the buildings. However, Wayne ran out of money and called a halt to construction. Shahan agreed to continue working while John Wayne raised more money, if John Wayne would agree to building full sets with four walls, floor and roofs. John Wayne signed on to the deal. |
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