José Gregorio Esparza
José Gregorio Esparza( February 25, 1802 – March 6, 1836), also known as Gregorio Esparza, was the last Texan defender to enter the Alamo during the early days of March 1836 in the Siege of the Alamo and was the only one that was not burned in the pyres.
He had brought his family into the Alamo compound along with him.
They were able to survive the battle and were not executed by the conquering army.
Heroes of the Alamo
Heroes of the Alamo( 1937) is a low- budget retelling of the events of the Texas Revolution and the Battle of the Alamo.
It was produced by Anthony J. Xydias and reuses the battle scenes of his 1926 silent film" Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo".
About 35 minutes of the latter film is available on the DVD of" Heroes of the Alamo", all that remains of the silent film.
William B. Travis
William Barret" Buck" Travis( August 1, 1809 – March 6, 1836) was a 19th- century American lawyer and soldier.
At the age of 26, he was a lieutenant colonel in the Texas Army.
He died at the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution.
Travis County and Travis Park were named after him for being the commander of the Republic of Texas at the Battle of the Alamo.
Robert North Bradbury
Robert N. Bradbury (March 23, 1886 – November 24, 1949)
(born Ronald E. Bradbury) was an American film director and screenwriter who directed 125 movies between 1918 and 1941.
He is most famous for directing early Western films starring John Wayne in the 1930s, including "Riders of Destiny" (1933; an early singing-cowboy movie), "The Lucky Texan" (1934), "West of the Divide" (1934), "Blue Steel" (1934), "The Man From Utah" (1934), "The Star Packer" (1934), "
The Trail Beyond" (1934; co-starring Noah Beery, Sr. and Noah Beery, Jr.)
, "The Lawless Frontier" (1934), "Texas Terror" (1935), "Rainbow Valley" (1935), "The Dawn Rider" (1935), "Westward Ho" (1935), and "Lawless Range" (1935).
These were inexpensively shot "Poverty Row" movies; many were also written by Bradbury and
almost all of them featured character actor George "Gabby"
Hayes.
Bradbury also shot numerous similar films during this period starring his son Bob Steele or Johnny Mack Brown.
Bradbury occasionally billed himself as "Robert North BradburyR.N. Bradbury", or "Robert Bradbury".
He died in Glendale, California on November 24, 1949 at age 63.
José Enrique de la Peña
Jose Enrique de la Peña( 1807- 1840) was a colonel in the Mexican Army.
Under General Antonio López de Santa Anna, de la Peña participated in the Battle of the Alamo.
In 1955, a book of his memoirs of the battle was published.
The memoirs are controversial in that they said that Davy Crockett did not die fighting( as is the common belief), but instead surrendered( along with his Tennessee boys) during the battle of the Alamo and was later executed.
Historians disagree on whether the memoirs are accurate.
Davy Crockett (outlaw)
Davy Crockett (1853 – September 30, 1876) was an American outlaw and a relative of the famed frontiersman Davy Crockett.
With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo
With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring Cullen Landis, Kathryn McGuire, and Edward Hearn.
Richard Penn Smith
Richard Penn Smith (March 13, 1799 - August 12, 1854) was a minor American playwright who is best known for writing a largely fictitious account of events at and leading up to the Battle of the Alamo, which was presented as the work of Davy Crockett.
The Fall of a Nation
The Fall of a Nation is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Thomas Dixon, Jr., and is a sequel to the 1915 film" The Birth of a Nation", directed by D. W. Griffith.
Dixon, Jr. attempted to cash in on the success of the controversial first film.
" The Fall of a Nation" is considered to be the first ever film sequel.
Based upon" The Fall of a Nation", written by the director, the film is now considered lost.
Brian Kennedy (gallery director)
Brian Patrick Kennedy( born 5 November 1961) is an Irish- born art museum director who has worked in Ireland and Australia, and now lives and works in the United States.
He is currently the director of the Peabody Essex Museum.
He was the director of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio from 2010 to 2019.
He was the director of the Hood Museum of Art from 2005 to 2010, and the National Gallery of Australia( Canberra) from 1997- 2004.

Question: Where did the director of film With Davy Crockett At The Fall Of The Alamo die?
Answer: Glendale, California