To mark the anniversary of the siege of the Alamo, The Egyptian is running Budd Boetticher’s The Man From The Alamo (1953), starring Glenn Ford and Julie Adams.
It’s good. It’s in 35mm. And Miss Adams will be in attendance.
Saturday, February 23, 7:30PM
The Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood, CA 90028
I think this is a great, unsung little movie. Boetticher directed very well and Ford gave a fine performance.
Boetticher really enjoyed working with Ford;especially as Glenn was
a very physical actor.
Budd was due to direct THE AMERICANO with Arthur Kennedy co-
starring;but things fell apart,mainly due to Fords recovering from an
injury he had making MAN FROM THE ALAMO.
Too bad these two never teamed up again.
In his autobiography Budd states that he even went as far as scouting
locations for THE AMERICANO but the timing was all wrong due to
conflicting schedules.
The Americano is still a decent movie. If I remember right, William Castle used some exterior stuff Budd shot when it finally happened.