Alamo Village closes it’s gates. The End of an Era.

1 posted on 01/30/2010 4:27:08 AM PST by Daffynition

2 posted on 01/30/2010 4:37:28 AM PST by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)

Made my first trip there back in 1965...and the last trip during the late 1990s. It is a fantastic fully built out movie set...not simply faux facades. Back in the 60s the men's rest room stalls still displayed the actor's name.

One could walk unescorted throughout the complex. The fortress compound and mission were a replica of the original....that's the way John Wayne wanted it.

It was always a comfort to know it was there, just outside of Brackettville, Texas....gotta be going there to get there. This is a loss....it will be missed.

3 posted on 01/30/2010 4:45:20 AM PST by cbkaty (I may not always post...but I am always here......)

4 posted on 01/30/2010 4:47:43 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)

Thanks for the post, I hope it opens again...it’s a special place...

5 posted on 01/30/2010 4:50:22 AM PST by The Wizard (I support Madam President, the only President in America today)

Many great films were shot there.

6 posted on 01/30/2010 4:57:19 AM PST by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)

7 posted on 01/30/2010 4:58:22 AM PST by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)

You're welcome Wizard. I've never been there, but the classics that came out of that landmark have endured in my memory.

8 posted on 01/30/2010 5:00:11 AM PST by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)

9 posted on 01/30/2010 5:03:26 AM PST by happinesswithoutpeace (/i/ por vida)

To: happinesswithoutpeace

10 posted on 01/30/2010 5:05:28 AM PST by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)

11 posted on 01/30/2010 5:05:28 AM PST by cbkaty (I may not always post...but I am always here......)

12 posted on 01/30/2010 5:06:35 AM PST by cbkaty (I may not always post...but I am always here......)

13 posted on 01/30/2010 5:06:39 AM PST by happinesswithoutpeace (/i/ por vida)

Tommy Lee Jones & Robert Duvall on site....

14 posted on 01/30/2010 5:11:11 AM PST by cbkaty (I may not always post...but I am always here......)

15 posted on 01/30/2010 5:14:11 AM PST by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)

16 posted on 01/30/2010 5:17:18 AM PST by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)

I’d post my pix...but I have yet to digitize them.....even have video of a filmed gunfight.....kids in the stagecoach..etc. I’ll dig em out someday.

17 posted on 01/30/2010 5:18:17 AM PST by cbkaty (I may not always post...but I am always here......)

18 posted on 01/30/2010 5:26:54 AM PST by happinesswithoutpeace (/i/ por vida)

31 films, great or otherwise, shot there:

http://www.imdb.com/List?endings=on&&locations=Alamo%20Village%20-%20Highway%20674,%20Brackettville,%20Texas,%20USA&&heading=18;with+locations+including;Alamo%20Village%20-%20Highway%20674,%20Brackettville,%20Texas,%20USA

“Centennial” (1978) TV Series 8.5/10 (1076 votes)
“Lonesome Dove” (1989) TV Series 8.9/10 (6492 votes)
“Streets of Laredo” (1995) TV Series 7.5/10 (525 votes)
...aka “Larry McMurtry’s Streets of Laredo” (1995)
“The West” (1996) TV Series 8.5/10 (181 votes)
Alamo: The Price of Freedom (1988) 6.7/10 (101 votes)
Bad Girls (1994/I) 4.7/10 (4959 votes)
Bandolero! (1968) 6.3/10 (1590 votes)
Barbarosa (1982) 6.4/10 (583 votes)
Bullfighter (2000) 2.6/10 (217 votes)
Friend of the Devil (2009)
Gambler V: Playing for Keeps (1994) (TV) 6.4/10 (78 votes)
Gunsmoke: The Last Apache (1990) (TV) 7.0/10 (92 votes)
Houston: The Legend of Texas (1986) (TV) 7.1/10 (81 votes)
...aka Gone to Texas (1986) (TV)
Jericho (2000) 6.5/10 (150 votes)
No Safe Haven (1987) 3.1/10 (38 votes)
Rio Diablo (1993) (TV) 5.1/10 (112 votes)
Sam (1967) 1.7/10 (8 votes)
...aka The Hottest Fourth of July in the History of Brewster County (1967) (USA: alternative title)
Spirit of the Alamo (1960) (TV)
Texas (1994) (TV) 5.7/10 (188 votes)
...aka James A. Michener’s Texas (1994) (TV)
The Adventures of Jody Shanan (1978)
The Alamo (1960) 6.7/10 (5152 votes)
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (1987) (TV) 6.3/10 (250 votes)
The Battle of the Alamo (1996) (TV) 8.0/10 (8 votes)
The Buffalo Soldiers (1992) (TV) 8.2/10 (9 votes)
The Good Old Boys (1995) (TV) 6.6/10 (333 votes)
The Return of Josey Wales (1986) 4.5/10 (45 votes)
Travis (1991) 9.2/10 (11 votes)
...aka The Cost of Freedom (1991) (USA: alternative title)
Two Rode Together (1961) 6.9/10 (1556 votes)
Uphill All the Way (1986) 3.4/10 (72 votes)
Viva Max (1969) 5.7/10 (231 votes)
Wong Fei Hung: Chi sai wik hung see (1997) 6.4/10 (1240 votes)

19 posted on 01/30/2010 5:48:21 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Don't blame me, I'm from Massachusetts)

Wow. My grandpa is supposed to be in a crowd scene of The Alamo. I only recently found out & was very surprised, as he was a crusty old-school cowboy who rode & broke horses. Never thought of him as a movie extra.

20 posted on 01/30/2010 5:58:46 AM PST by texas_mrs

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