#Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier

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The first miniseries, Walt Disney Productions‘ 5-episode “Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier,” starring Fess Parker and Buddy Ebsen, debuted on ABC on December 15, 1954.

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Daaaavy… Davy Crockett! King of the Wild Frontier!

As a Texan I am legally obligated to ask Davy Crockett Servant when?

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Do you have a fun fact in these trying times?

Alright, friendo, I learned this a week ago, and I was shook. So Today You Learned that Phil Collins (yes, that Phil Collins) is an Alamo fanatic.

Back when he was a wee little lad, British singer Phil Collins saw the Disney Davy Crockett special. You know, the one with the catchy song? Yeah, that one. And he became obsessed with Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier, and the Battle of Alamo, where Crockett died.

[Also the exact nature of Crockett’s death is a hotly debated topic with tons of baggage. But I don’t want to deal with that right now, so I’ll save it for another time.]

This obsession apparently went far into adulthood, where Phil Collins collected a bunch of artifacts relating to the Alamo?? Including, like, weapons and documents and shiz??? And then, in 2014, the man donated his entire collection to Texas???

And so now, at the Alamo, there’s little museum exhibit thing behind the structure, and there’s a ton of artifacts on display, a huge chunk of the collection has signs noting that they were donated by Phil Collins.

Phil Collins?!? What?!

And then there’s one exhibit there that’s a large diorama of the Alamo as it was at the time of the siege. It’s a narrated experience, with lights shining on different parts of the model as they’re described, and parts of the battle are explained to the visitors. And the narrator is Phil Collins.

What. The actual. Fudge.

Phil Collins is an Alamo fanatic.

I’m still not done processing this.

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Milestone Monday

THE FALL OF THE ALAMO

On this day, March 6 in 1836. after a thirteen-day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers defending the Alamo, including frontiersman Davy Crockett and colonel Jim Bowie, were killed and the fort was captured. This milestone event remains one of the seminal cultural touchstones of the American mythic identity; an historical event, but romanticized as a symbol of American heroism and exceptionalism in the pursuit of freedom, never mind that the holding of the compound and the settlement of San Antonio was an act of Texan imperialist expansion.

There are other items we could have used to commemorate this milestone, but we chose the comic book Walt Disney’s Davy Crockett at the Alamo, published by Dell Publishing Company in 1955, because it reflects the ongoing jingoistic pride in standing against those who would halt American determinism. This Disneyfication of the historical record is based on the final segment of Walt Disney Pictures’ 1955 film Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier, starring Fess Parker as Davy Crockett (as pictured on the comic book’s cover).

The comic ends with, “’Remember the Alamo!” became the battle cry for the Texans, and violent opposition was aroused against the invader.” It is of course arguable who the invader is here. Also, “Although the Alamo did fall to Santa Anna’s overwhelming forces, the story of the brave and valiant stand by the men of the Alamo spread far and wide. It became an inspiration to freedom-loving people everywhere . . .” As usual during this period, the issue also includes the seal of Dell’s “Pledge to Parents” that “it contains only clean and wholesome juvenile entertainment . . . you can be sure it contains only good fun.”

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Live Action Disney Films I am keen on revisiting requests -Disney month

So I wanna have a mix of stuff for Disney month,stuff I have seen and stuff I havent .For this one,these are live action Disney films I have fond memories of or are favories and each of you get to pick one and ask me three questions about the film (The questions can beserious or silly )

20000 Leagues Under the Sea

Pirates of the Carribian Curse of the Black Pearl

Something Wicked this Way Comes

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Old Yeller

Hocus Pocus

Ernest Scared Stupid

Watcher in the Woods

Count of Monte Cristo

DAvy Crockett King of the Wild Frontier

Darby O Gill and the Little People

Swiss Family Robinson

Babes In Toyland

That Darn Cat

The Love Bug

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

The Black Hole

Popeye

Tron

Return to Oz

Flight of the Navigator

Honey I shrunk the Kid

Honey I Blew Up the Kid

Homeward Bound the Incredible Journey

The Adventures of Huck Finn

James and the Giant Peach

101 Dalmatians

Mighty Joe Young

Holes

The Haunted Mansion

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''DAVY CROCKETT, REY DE LA FRONTERA''

(Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier)

Año: 1955

Dirección: Norman Foster

Para ver el tráiler ingresa al enlace:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R58577_emWE

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Favorite DISNEY STUDIOS Live Action Movies

Below is a list of my favorite live-action movies from the Walt Disney Studios.  This list is in chronological order:

FAVORITE DISNEY STUDIOS LIVE ACTION MOVIES

“Treasure Island (1950) - This adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1883 adventure novel starred Robert Newton and Bobby Driscoll.  Byron Haskin directed.

“Davy Crockett and the River Pirates” (1956) - Fess Parker and Buddy Ebsen starred in this prequel to the 1955 movie, “Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier”.  Norman Foster directed.

“The Parent Trap (1961) - Hayley Mills starred in this first version of Disney’s film about long-lost twins who scheme to reconcile their divorced parents.  Co-starring Maureen O’Hara and Brian Keith, the movie was written and directed by David Swift.

“Mary Poppins” (1964) - Oscar winner Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke starred in this award-winning musical adaptation of P.L. Travers series of novellas about a magical British nanny.  Robert Stevenson directed.

“That Darn Cat” (1965) - Hayley Mills and Dean Jones starred in this comedic adaptation of Gordon and Mildred Gordon’s 1963 novel, “Undercover Cat”.  Robert Stevenson directed.

“The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin” (1967) - Roddy McDowall, Suzanne Pleshette and Bryan Russell starred in this adaptation of Lowell S. Hawley‘s 1963 novel, “By the Great Horn Spoon!“.  James Neilson directed.

“Blackbeard’s Ghost” (1968) - Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones and Suzanne Pleshette starred in this comedy adaptation of Ben Stahl’s 1965 novel.  Robert Stevenson directed.

“The Love Bug” (1968-69) - Dean Jones, Michele Lee, David Tomlinson and Buddy Hackett starred in an adaptation of “Car, Boy, Girl", Gordon Buford’s story about a magical Volkswagen.  Robert Stevenson directed.

“Bedknobs and Broomsticks” (1971) - Angela Landsbury and David Tomlinson starred in this musical adaptation of Mary Norton’s children books, 1944′s “The Magic Bedknob; or, How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons” and 1947′s “Bonfires and Broomsticks”.  Robert Stevenson directed.

“The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance” (1978) - Brock Peters starred in this Civil War adventure about a black Union soldier and escaped prisoner of war, who helps five wealthy Northern children being held hostage from Confederate soldiers escape from their captors.  Russ Mayberry directed.

“Dick Tracy” (1990) - Warren Beatty directed and starred in this adaptation of the 1930s comic strip created by Chester Gould.  Oscar nominee Al Pacino, Glenne Headly and Madonna co-starred.

“The Rocketeer” (1991) - Bill Campbell starred in this adaptation of the superhero comic book series created by Dave Stevens.  Directed by Joe Johnston, the movie co-starred Jennifer Connelly, Timothy Dalton and Alan Arkin.

“The Adventures of Huck Finn” (1993) - Elijah Wood and Courtney B. Vance starred in this adaptation of Mark Twain’s 1884 novel, “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”.  The movie was written and directed by Stephen Sommers.

“The Three Musketeers” (1993) - Kiefer Sutherland, Chris O’Donnell, Charlie Sheen and Oliver Platt starred in this loose adaptation of Alexandre Dumas père‘s 1844 novel.  Stephen Herek directed.

“Pirates of the Caribbean:  The Curse of the Black Pearl” (2003) - Johnny Depp starred in the first film of the supernatural swashbuckler film series that was based on a Disney Park attraction.  Directed by Gore Verbinski, the movie co-starred Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley and Geoffrey Rush.

“National Treasure” (2004) - Nicholas Cage starred in the first adventure movie in this film series about a historian and treasure hunter.  Directed by Jon Turtelbaub, the movie co-starred Justin Bartha, Diane Kruger, Sean Bean and Jon Voight.

“Pirates of the Caribbean:  Dead Man’s Chest” (2006) - Johnny Depp starred in the second movie of the supernatural swashbuckler film series that was based on the Disney Park attraction.  Directed by Gore Verbinski, the movie co-starred Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley and Bill Nighy.

“National Treasure 2:  Book of Secrets” (2007) - Nicholas Cage starred in the second adventure movie in this film series about a historian and treasure hunter.  Directed by Jon Turtelbaub, the movie co-starred Justin Bartha, Diane Kruger, Jon Voight, Ed Harris and Helen Mirren.

“Prince of Persia:  The Sands of Time” (2010) - Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton and Ben Kingsley starred in this action-adventure adaptation of Jordan Mechner’s video game series.  Mike Newell directed.

“Saving Mr. Banks” (2013) - Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks starred in this biopic about conflict between author P.L. Travers and filmmaker Walt Disney over the development of the 1964 movie, “Mary Poppins”.  John Lee Hancock directed.

“Tomorrowland” (2015) - George Clooney, Britt Robertson and Hugh Laurie starred in science-fiction adventure about a disillusioned scientist and a teenage science enthusiast embarking on a trip to a futuristic alternate dimension.  Brad Bird directed and co-wrote with Damon Lindelof.

“Cruella” (2021) - Emma Stone starred as the titular character in this crime comedy about the villainess from Dodie Smith's 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians”.  Directed by Craig Gillespie, the movie co-starred Emma Thompson, Joel Fry and Paul Walter Hauser.

Do you have any favorite Disney live-action movies?  What are they?

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Walt Disney Pictures: 100 Years of Magic

Song of the South (1946)

Treasure Island (1950)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier (1955)

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)

Old Yeller (1957)

The Shaggy Dog (1959)

Darby O’Gill and the Little People (1959)

Pollyanna (1960)

Swiss Family Robinson (1960)

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Nelson Peltz... Some big-time guy trying to shake things up with the Disney board...

I think he's bad news...

You may know that I'm not the biggest fan of long-time Disney CEO Bob Iger, but Peltz? Some "activist investor" who complains about current Disney movies being too "woke"?

Singling out BLACK PANTHER in particular? The two Wakanda-set movies that made a combined $2 billion at the worldwide box office? The character, portrayed by the late Chadwick Boseman, and his associates showing up in billion dollar smashes like CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR, AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR and ENDGAME? And you just know he name-checked THE MARVELS because it stars three women, only one of which being white.

Not to mention being buddy-buddies with Ike Perlmutter, former Marvel CEO, notorious corner-cutter and one of those execs who gave Marvel Studios such a hard time on several of their movies... And wouldn't greenlight the first BLACK PANTHER and CAPTAIN MARVEL... Need I dredge up stuff that that guy said in emails leaked during the 2014 Sony hack?

Peltz has been compared, aptly, to Saul Steinberg, the corporate raider who tried to do a hostile takeover of the Disney enterprise in 1984. Even Walt's descendants would rather have Iger, who they often criticize, than a dingus like Peltz or someone similar.

I won't sugarcoat it. Iger's made plenty of mistakes, and I feel his Disney is too much of a well-oiled machine making safe stuff. Dependable brands, remakes of old favorites, filmmakers not really being able to make what they want there, not enough real innovation going on... Not enough trying to "do the impossible", as Walt would say.

But I'll take that over these dweebs who honk "woke" like a defective goose. If it were up to them, every new Disney movie would be some corny DAVY CROCKETT, KING OF THE WILD FRONTIER thing. They'd become a big budget Daily Wire. That's the LAST thing I want to happen to Disney.

Funny how some 40 years later, there's this kind of mayhem at the Mouse House. A once successful CEO's strategy falling apart at the seams, and a bunch of fools answering the problem with utter nonsense. It'd be like a leak in a dam happening, and your solution being "ban Taco Bell" or something. Just gibberish that has ZILCH to do with the situation at hand.

I went over this before, but "wokeness" isn't why a lot of Disney's recent triple-digit-million behemoths aren't recouping their astronomical costs at the box office. We literally had a freakin' Barbie movie w/ an incredibly diverse cast and a loud-and-proud feminist message make nearly a billion and a half last year. Disney's own AVATAR sequel fits all the bills of being a "woke" movie, and it made nearly two and a half billion (!!!), like... These people don't live in reality, or they cater to people who don't because hey, engagement. Ya know? Disney's POOR THINGS, feminist AF and very off-putting for a lot of people, tripled its budget. I mean, that's just the tip of the iceberg. Several other Disney movies that scare these thin-skinned weirdos made plenty of coin or at least covered their costs: Many recent STAR WARS movies, some of the Marvel movies, the FROZEN movies, etc.

Like, miss me with the "well if they weren't so woke" shit. If something like THE MARVELS or INDIANA JONES 5 failed, it had nothing to do with WHO was in it. Anyways, let this episode end already.

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North America's old gods:

This list will be edited as I learn of more of the folkfigures and discover ones new to me.

Annie Oakley

Based off of the Annie Oakley, she was known for her incredible markmanship.

Buffalo Bill Cody

Based off of the man of the same name, he was known for his abilities as a soldier, hunter, and showman of the Wild West.

Calamity Jane

Based off of Martha Jane Canary, she is know for her aquaintence to Wild Bill Hicockok and being a top notch frontiersmen and scout.

Captain Stormalong

A giant nautical figure with a large clipper ship known for his many adventures on the seas.

Charlie Chan

A Hawiian figure based on Chan Apana, he is known as a great detective and solver of mysteries.

Cordwood Pete

A lesser figure, he is brother to Paul Bunyan.

Daniel Boone

Based off of, well, Daniel Boone who was a pioneer explorer and frontiersman that had many great adventures.

Davy Crockett, King of the wild frontier

Based off the man of the same name, he was a frontiersman, soldier, and politican that represented tennessee; he took part in the Texas revolution and Battle of the Alamo.

Jigger Johnson

Based off of the real Jigger Johnson, he was a lumberjack and log driver known for his off the job exploits.

John Henry

Based off of the African-American steel driver, John Henry, he is known for his strength, work ethic, and most of all going head-to-head in a race and winning against a steam powered hammer that was threatening to put man railroad workers out of work.

John the Conqueror

An African-American figure known for his trickster ways to gain and maintain his freedom from the slave masters, possibly the inspiration for the Br're Rabbit.

Johnny Appleseed

Based off of John Chapman, he is credited for planting forests of cider apples across multiple states.

Johnny Kaw

A settler of Kansas, he is credited for shaping the state's landscape and making wheat and sunflowers major crops.

Lone Ranger

Possibly based on Bass Reeves, he is known for his battles against raiders, robbers, and other criminals.

Mike Fink, King of the keelboaters

River boatman and brawler that personified the men that ran keelboats on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.

Molly Brown

A lesser figure known for her time on and survival of the Titanic.

Molly Pitcher

Thought to be based off of a woman named Mary Hays or possibly a college of many couragous women, she is known for her part in the American Battle of Monmouth.

Paul Bunyan and Babe the Oxe

Created by the lumberjacks and woodsmen of Canada and the US, and thought by some to be based off of Bon Jean of French-Canadian folklore. He is known for his giagantic stature, immense strength and endurance, large appatite, and feats of logging with his faithful, loyal, and hardworking companion Babe the Ox.

Pecos Bill

A cowboy known for being able to ride anything into submission, he lassoed and rode a tornado until it dissipated.

Stagger Lee, Stagolee

An African-American figure known for being a big shot in the criminal underworld and murdering an aquaintence for trying to take his hat.

Zorro

Based off of salomon Pico and other mexican bandits in the California area, he was known for combatting the corruption in the political and wealthy circles in California.

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John McIntire, Wendell Corey, and Fess Parker in an original publicity still for The Light in the Forest (1958). This is John's fifth honorable mention, after Westward the Women, Saddle Tramp, Two Rode Together and Flaming Star (with Elvis).

Wendell has two entries among my best 1001 movies - The Search and Rear Window.

Fess was born FE Parker Jr in Fort Worth, Texas, and had 43 acting credits, from an uncredited voice in Harvey (1950), to 1991. His entry among my best 1001 is Old Yeller, also for Disney. His other notable credits include Island in the Sky, Them, Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier, seven episodes of The Magical World of Disney as Davy, and 165 episodes of Daniel Boone (as Daniel).

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How did Davy Crockett die? I am now intrigued

We don't know! That's the thing!!

[What the eff. My inbox said I have ten new messages, but there are only two in here? Whatever, I’m still happy to answer requests.]

Okay. So. I’ve mentioned that there’s A Whole Thing about Davy Crockett’s death, and we’re going to talk about it. Today You Learned about the whole debate on how Davy Crockett died.

Davy! Davy Crockett!

You probably know the gist. Early American folk hero, statesman, King of the Wild Frontier and all of that. He didn’t get along with President Andrew Jackson, and opposed the Indian Removal Act. He lost an election in 1835, prompting him to bail on Tennessee, with the famous quote, “You can all go to Hell, I’m going to Texas.” He got wrapped up in the Texas Revolution, and died at the Battle of Alamo in 1836, in which he fought against General Santa Anna’s Mexican soldiers.

Here’s where it gets tricky: we know the day he died, we know where he died, but it’s the manner of death where there’s confusion. Crockett wasn’t in the Alamo church itself–he was right outside. There’s a statue marking the spot. The problem is that there are two main versions of the story. One says that his body was found dead, and around him were over a dozen dead enemy soldiers, meaning he went down taking as many enemies with him as he could. The other says that, surrounded by enemies, Crockett surrendered, and then was executed by Santa Anna’s troops.

See the issue? No? Okay, well then, how about this: in case you haven’t noticed, Americans take their heroes very seriously, and the Alamo is one of the biggest parts of the story of Texas. The idea that one of the most famous American heroes, a living legend, did not go down fighting to the last breath is an insult to every single American or Texan. 

In an ideal world, we’d look at first-hand accounts and see what they say. Except… we have, and they’re contradictory, too! A former enslaved man named Ben, working for Santa Anna, said that Crockett’s corpse was surrounded by dead enemy soldiers. However, a Mexican officer who served there, José Enrique de la Peña, wrote in his memoir that Crockett wasn’t killed in combat, but in captivity.

The lady who translated that memoir into English, by the way, was harassed by letters and phone calls from angry Crockett fanboys. There was also a movement to prove that the original text was a forgery, but as far as we can tell, the manuscript and the materials used to write it are consistent with what we know of the time period.

We don’t know what happened! We have two different eyewitness accounts that both tell two contradictory stories as to how the man died. And people have strong feelings about it. If you go to the Alamo, they’ll tell you about both but chances are they’ll also tell you which one they think is more likely. 

And I think this whole thing is nuts.