Heroes of the Alamo 1937
In early spring of 1833, the smoldering resentment of American settlers in Texas against their oppression by Mexico dictator General Santa Anna/Ana coming to a head. When a decree is issued that no more Americans may enter Texas, William H. Wharton, fiery head of a faction determined on independence or nothing, warns Stephen F. Austin that the time for half-measures is past. Austin, responsible for bringing the Americans to Texas as colonists, reminds Wharton that a settler's revolt against Mexico would dishonor his name and the arrangements he had with the Mexican government. He gets the "Whartonites" to agree to a general convention of all colonists. Almerian Dickinson, biggest land owner in the settlement of Gonzales, deeply in love with his wife Anne, warns Wharton that a bloody revolt would endanger every wife and mother in the colony. He proposes they send Austin to Mexico City to ask Santa Anna to grant Texans a voice in their own government.
- Released: 1937-08-07
- Runtime: 75 minutes
- Genre: History, Western, War
- Stars: Earle Hodgins, Lane Chandler, Roger Williams, Rex Lease, Jack C. Smith
- Director: Harry L. Fraser, Corson Jowett, Lee Zahler, Jack Corrick, William L. Nolte
