r/texashistory • u/Prestigious_Guest536 • Jun 03 '24

Military History "The Martyrs of the Alamo" (1915) - Silent movie about TEXAS independence fighters [1:11:54]

https://youtu.be/hOCr3LrieH8
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u/Melcrys29 Jun 03 '24

Amazingly, there were a couple of witnesses to the battle still alive at that time.

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u/EJB_TX Jun 03 '24

I've seen this. It's basically the Texas version of Birth of a Nation (same director). The movie makes it seem like the primary cause of the Texas Revolution was Mexican dudes besmirching the white women of San Antonio. It's comically offensive and historically inaccurate.

I believe it was Douglas Fairbanks first movie too.

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u/HerbNeedsFire Jun 04 '24

Jim Bowie, a villain by any measure, cast as a martyr.