What part did Frankie Avalon play? I don’t remember him at all.
Frankie Avalon, Glen Campbell, Ricky Nelson. Did the Duke have all the crooners of the minute in his films?
He played the one person who got out of the Alamo alive, went to Sam Houston to beg for reinforcements, but like his career, failed.
He played the role of Smitty. He was put in the film at the urging of either Wayne’s wife or some other person to supposedly attract a younger audience. As if they needed a milquetoast “rock and roller” like Frankie Avalon to attract teens. I suppose a realistic interpretation of the battle was not in the cards. Hollyweird, then as now, tried to have it both ways. They wanted a picture about a real event with as much Hollyweird histrionics as they could get away with. Like Spielberg’s flicks.