The Alamo (1960 film) of the former Alamo Mission. The set was an extensive three quarter-scale replica of the mission, and has since been used in 100 other westerns, including other depictions of the battle. It took more than two years to construct. Wayne was to have portrayed Sam Houston, a bit part that would have let him focus on his first major directing effort, but investors insisted he play a leading character. He took on the role of Davy Crockett, handing the part of Houston to Richard Boone. Wayne cast Richard Widmark as Jim Bowie and Laurence Harvey as William Barrett Travis. Harvey
The Immortal Alamo she deserved a better and less crude setting than she received — and so did her subject." The June 1911 issue of "The Motion Picture Story Magazine" included an adapted story written by John Eldridge Chandos from the scenario written by Wilbert Melville. No known copies of the film exist today, and it is considered to be a lost film. Several movie stills of the film survived The Immortal Alamo The Immortal Alamo is an American silent film released on May 25, 1911. "The Immortal Alamo" is the earliest film version of the events surrounding the 1836 Battle of the