[Vigilanteman]

Sobering story. I always loved and admired John Wayne and didn't realize that he had put himself in that deep to make the Alamo. In some small way, I feel a little guilty. We were living in Kansas when it was released. My father had to be a frugal guy with six kids to support, so we attended only one movie per summer in those days.

The family voted on the movie and, of course, the Alamo won hands down. It was the last weekend before summer vacation ended and, of course, we all looked forward to going. But a late season tornado warning scuttled our plans and, in those days, you didn't just wait six months for the DVD version to be released.

[patriot08]

For John Wayne fans, not only will 'The Alamo' be shown on the Retro channel (10:15 AM CST today [Monday] through 1PM), it will be repeated at 7PM CST followed by 'The High The Mighty' at 9:45 PM.