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James "Jim" Bowie (pronounced /ˈbuːiː/ or /ˈboʊ.i/;c. 1796 – March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American pioneer, who played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution, culminating in his death at the Battle of the Alamo. Stories of him as a fighter and frontiersman, both real and fictitious, have made him a legendary figure in Texas history and a folk hero of American culture.
Born in Kentucky, Bowie spent most of his life in Louisiana, where he was raised and where he later worked as a land speculator. His rise to fame began in 1827 on reports of the Sandbar Fight. What began as a duel between two other men deteriorated into a melée in which Bowie, having been shot and stabbed, killed the sheriff of Rapides Parish with a large knife. This, and other stories of Bowie's prowess with a knife, led to the widespread popularity of the Bowie knife.
Bowie's reputation was cemented by his role in the Texas Revolution. After moving to Texas in 1830, Bowie became a Mexican citizen and married Ursula Veramendi, the daughter of the Mexican vice governor of the province. His fame in Texas grew following his failed expedition to find the lost San Saba mine, during which his small party repelled an attack by a large Indian raiding party. At the outbreak of the Texas Revolution, Bowie joined the Texas militia, leading forces at the Battle of Concepción and the Grass Fight. In January 1836, he arrived at the Alamo, where he commanded the volunteer forces until an illness left him bedridden. Bowie died with the other Alamo defenders on March 6. Despite conflicting accounts of the manner of his death, the "most popular, and probably the most accurate" accounts maintain that he died in his bed after emptying his pistols into several Mexican soldiers.
David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known as David Bowie (/ˈboʊ.i/), was an English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, painter, and actor. He was a figure in popular music for over five decades, and was considered by critics and musicians as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, and his music and stagecraft significantly impacted popular music. During his lifetime, he sold an estimated 140 million records worldwide. In the UK, he was awarded nine platinum album certifications, eleven gold and eight silver, and released eleven number-one albums. In the US, he received five platinum and seven gold certifications. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.
Actors: Patrick Wilson (actor), Buck Taylor (actor), Brandon Smith (actor), Billy Bob Thornton (actor), Afemo Omilami (actor), Joe Stevens (actor), Dennis Quaid (actor), Jordi Mollà (actor), W. Earl Brown (actor), Tom Everett (actor), Castulo Guerra (actor), Rance Howard (actor), Blue Deckert (actor), Mark Johnson (producer), Ron Howard (producer),
Plot: Historical drama detailing the 1835-36 Texas revolution before, during, and after the famous siege of the Alamo (February 23-March 6, 1836) where 183 Texans (American-born Texans) and Tejanos (Mexican-born Texans) commanded by Colonel Travis, along with Davey Crockett and Jim Bowie, were besieged in an abandoned mission outside San Antonio by a Mexican army of nearly 2,000 men under the personal command of the dictator of Mexico, General Santa Anna, as well as detailing the Battle of San Jacinto (April 21, 1836) where General Sam Houston's rag-tag army of Texans took on and defeated Santa Anna's army which led to the indepedence of Texas.
Keywords: 1830s, 19th-century, african-american, alamo, alcoholic, ambush, american-indian, army, axe, bandActors: Stanley Brossette (miscellaneous crew), Kieth Merrill (director), Merrill B. Jenson (composer), Don Swayze (actor), Michael T. Boyd (costume designer), Michael T. Boyd (actor), Benton Jennings (actor), Casey Biggs (actor), Billy L. 'Butch' Frank (miscellaneous crew), Steve Sandor (actor), Ray Herbeck Jr. (producer), Kevin R. Young (miscellaneous crew), Kevin R. Young (actor), Roger Ragland (actor), Alan C. Huffines (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama, History, Short, War,Actors: James Best (actor), Stanley Blystone (actor), Chet Brandenburg (actor), Macdonald Carey (actor), Johnny Carpenter (actor), John L. Cason (actor), Edmund Cobb (actor), Iron Eyes Cody (actor), Pedro de Cordoba (actor), Victor Cox (actor), Charles Drake (actor), William Fawcett (actor), Terry Frost (actor), Will Geer (actor), Parley Baer (actor),
Plot: Silver has been found on comanche territory and the government accomplished a peaceful agreement with the indians. When James 'Jim' Bowie comes into the scene he finds the white settlers living near by planning to attack the indians although they know about that agreement and the beautiful Katie seems to play a leading role in this intrigue.
Keywords: ambush, bar-brawl, bar-fight, battle, bow-and-arrow, bowie-knife, brawl, brother-sister-relationship, brunette, cleavageActors: D.W. Griffith (miscellaneous crew), Fred Burns (actor), Augustus Carney (actor), Sam De Grasse (actor), John T. Dillon (actor), Douglas Fairbanks (actor), Douglas Fairbanks (actor), Walter Long (actor), Alfred Paget (actor), Allan Sears (actor), Tom Wilson (actor), Christy Cabanne (writer), Christy Cabanne (director), Joseph Belmont (actor), Juanita Hansen (actress),
Genres: Drama, History, War, Western,