It's scary in here ... Nov 12, 2007
He's been in more than 40 films, from blockbusters such as The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Charlie's Angels and The Green Mile to studied indies such as Box of Moonlight in which he played a man-child who dressed like Davy Crockett and lived in a trailer park. He can act ugly without prosthetics. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Characters abound at library benefit Nov 10, 2007
Westerly Sun Publisher Tim Ryan quill in hand made for an impressive William Shakespeare, Westerly Fire Chief Dave Sayles was a fabulous Robin Hood, Dr. Vincent Montemarano was a well-chosen Robinson Crusoe, Westerly Town Councilor Daryl Finizio ideal as Davy Crockett and his fellow councilor Caswell Cooke couldn t resist reciting the "Frankly my dear," line as Rhett Butler. The Other Tiger Bookstore s Robert Utter was Sherlock Holmes, Mike Ogle played Frankenstein, Wiquapaug Eastern Pequot... (Westerly Sun, RI)
Enjoying the magic of the movies Nov 6, 2007
Alan Ladd was the perfect mysterious anti-hero, he wore buckskin better than Davy Crockett, and he ruled in that climactic gun fight with little Brandon de Wilde peeping under the barroom doors and telling him to watch out for the guy with the shotgun. That stuff just sends me off the wall. (Braintree Forum, MA)
Little diva is big rush to her young fans Nov 4, 2007
Parent-trusted Disney is a whiz at marketing, Thompson notes, although he says Hannah doesn't come close to the 1950s Davy Crockett merchandising craze. The Mouse House hyped her concert tour as the event of the century, he says. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
The good ol' days Oct 26, 2007
Other TV shows like Bonanza, I Love Lucy, Queen For A Day, Honeymooners, Ed Sullivan Show (with Topo Gigio), American Bandstand, Dobie Gillis, Superman, Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and Trigger, The Lone Ranger, Zorro, Laurel and Hardy, The Three Stooges (they were considered violent and some kids weren t allowed to watch them), Sky King, Davy Crockett, The Jackie Gleason Show (remember the June Taylor Dancers. Lawrence Welk (everyone loved The Lennon Sisters) - Just to name a few. (Hopkinton Town Crier, MA)
Review of Susan Faludi's 'The Terror Dream' Oct 13, 2007
" How, Faludi wonders, did smoking out Osama bin Laden in his Tora Bora tunnel somehow morph, on the home front, into a "sexualized struggle between depleted masculinity and overbearing womanhood"? Today in Culture Answering this question takes her from ground zero to the Oval Office, the op-ed page, the Hollywood studio, network television, '50s sci-fi, "penny-dreadful" Davy Crockett westerns, the daydreams of James Fenimore Cooper, the nightmares of Increase Mather, and the captivity... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
The tale's the thing: Philmont's Barry Marshall and Jeri Burns take storytelling into the big time Sep 15, 2007
Davy Crockett was born nearby, Andrew Jackson fought his first duel there, and Daniel Boone once set his traps in the surrounding woods. The Tennessee State Seal was created in Jonesborough. (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
Retired forest ranger sheds light on N.D.'s black history Sep 9, 2007
He said he remembers one day being in the balcony when his name was picked as the winner of a prize, a Davy Crockett outfit. To get it, he would have to go downstairs and walk to the front of the theater. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Doubts raised about authenticity of Davy Crockett letter purchased by Texas Sep 7, 2007
AUSTIN (AP) - A letter that some believe was written by Davy Crockett is at the center of controversy in Texas. Two historical document specialists say they doubt the letter is authentic, but state officials say they're virtually certain the Alamo defender penned it himself. (WSJA.com, AL)
Original astronauts were celebs of their day Sep 6, 2007
Through the heart of the 19th century, there was no end of pioneers and explorers who became national heroes, from Jedediah Smith and Jim Bridger to Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett to Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickok to Wyatt Earp. Slide show. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Cricket: England v India - live! Aug 28, 2007
4th over: India 19-0 (Ganguly 17, Tendulkar 1; chasing 282) England's good start just went west - the way of Horatio Alger, Davy Crockett, the Donner Party - with Ganguly taking Anderson for three consecutive fours and four in the over. The first was a perfectly straight push, reminiscent in beauty and raw talent if not quite coaching manualese with a rustic slog-heave I played off Booth in our Wisden office cricket days; the second was driven elegantly through mid-off; the third was a bullet... (Guardian Unlimited)
Film provides fuller picture of artist Aug 19, 2007
"Newsies" today at 6 p.m. and tomorrow at 10:30 a.m., "Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier" Tuesday at 7 p.m., and "Swiss Family Robinson" Tuesday at 10:30 a.m., all at the Regent Theatre in Arlington (781-646-4849 and ). And the Harvard Film Archive wraps up its summer series of double features with "sex, lies, and videotape" and "The Unbelievable Truth" on Friday at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., "After Hours" and "Something Wild" on Saturday at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., and "The Silent World" and a... (Boston Globe -- Living)
President Bush doing a great job Jul 30, 2007
If you have trouble with the word "we" then maybe you think Davy Crockett and the others was not one of "us". Okay now you can tell me about Texas briefly being a "Republic". (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Great moments in movie merchandising Jul 3, 2007
Davy Crocketts ugly headwearThe real Davy Crockett was a beloved frontiersman, ambitious politician and a soldier who died in the battle of the Alamo ... Disney made more than $100 million in merchandising off Davy Crockett (which translates to 17 bazillion dollars in 2007 numbers) ... Fess Parkers portrayal of Crockett in Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter in 1954 was the catalyst for the craze. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Your State Attorney: Man of God, Man of Law Jun 24, 2007
Think Davy Crockett with a surfboard or Johnny Appleseed with a law degree. Indicted for a man's death at 25, Tanner later would win death sentences for nine killers. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
The Say-Town Lowdown Jun 20, 2007
The souvenir tchotchkes marketed in the gift shop of the famous mission include bluebonnet earrings, Texas flag cuff links, coonskin caps, jellybeans, and a wooden Davy Crockett nutcracker. Elsewhere, the Alamo also sells a gas-guzzling Japanese truck. (San Antonio Current, TX)
A shrine to kings of the road Jun 16, 2007
"Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone were just RVers born 200 years too soon.". Americans have been intrigued with the notion of motor camping since the days of the Model T. In 1916, a San Francisco company started producing a telescoping tent-like apartment that bolted to the back of the roadsters Henry Ford was churning out. (FOX59, IN)
Flipflop: Sheehan attacks antiwar groups, plots comeback... May 30, 2007
Davy Crockett (1786-1836) ... Davy Crockett (1786-1836) ... Davy Crockett (1786-1836). (The Drudge Report)
Walt Disney Academy Award Winner May 30, 2007
Zorro and Davy Crockett were extremely popular with children. The crowning glory to Disney's film career came in the late 1960s with the release of the multiple award winning musical Mary Poppins in 1964, The Jungle Book in 1967 and so many others too numerous to mention. (Suite101.com)
Cowboys & Indians Magazine Offers Centennial Tribute to John Wayne May 24, 2007
Elsewhere in the July issue, C&I dishes on the trendy Cowgirl restaurant in New York's West Village, catches up with former "Davy Crockett" star (and current vineyard owner and hotel impresario) Fess Parker, flies high with hot-air balloonists in New Mexico, and profiles Jean "Joe" Hamman, the silent-era film star often billed as "The French John Wayne." Actor Max Martini of TV's "The Unit" reveals his family ties to rodeo life in a Live From Q&A interview, and cowboy poet Red Steagall (a... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
more » May 12, 2007
I grew up glued to the TV, watching old black-and-white movies, Andy Griffith shows, and Fess Parker as Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone and I used those influences. That film jump started Wilder s music career. (CTNow.com)
Pirate-princess parties return to Disney May 9, 2007
Ehrbar will explore rare and forgotten offerings such as Annette Funicello music videos, and music ranging from Fess Parker's "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" to Rob Thomas' "Little Wonders.". Christopher Boyd can be reached at cboyd@orlandosentinel. (Orlando Sentinel -- Business)
Buddy and Vilma Ebsen were the poor man’s Fred and Ginger Apr 1, 2007
Most people remember him as Jed Clampett or Barnaby Jones; they almost remembered him as the Tin Man and Davy Crockett, but those things happen in Hollywood. Anyway, back to Vilma. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
The boomer story is getting old Mar 28, 2007
Who, after all, doesn't get misty over his Davy Crockett coonskin cap. And it's always fun to review icons of American culture: Ozzie Nelson and his brood, the Mickey Mouse Club, JFK. Then drugs, Vietnam, civil rights , and Watergate. (Boston Globe -- Living)
George Bush's Mayberry lives on Mar 27, 2007
MIDLAND, Texas -- The house at 1412 West Ohio Ave. is a Boys' Life ideal of mid-20th-century America, with Cub Scout uniforms, baseballs, even a big old TV from when kids watched Walt Disney's "Davy Crockett" on Wednesday nights and then stormed the neighborhood in coonskin caps. Homes like this existed in every corner of the United States in the 1950s, but this one is in a city that blossomed in the '50s, in the state where Davy Crockett was a real-life inspiration. (Boston Globe)
Straight 'Shooter' Mar 23, 2007
From Davy Crockett to Crockett and Tubbs it's been hard to get American heroes to shut up. What was funny and charming about Gary Cooper in his early Western roles was that you could see his mind searching for more words than he knew how to pronounce and more thoughts than he could articulate. (SunSpot.net)
Street fair commercial draws diverse group Mar 5, 2007
Scott Winn said he started acting as a hobby about a year ago and has a bit part in a movie filming in Los Angeles Young Davy Crockett. He said he figured appearing as an extra in a television commercial might give his acting career a boost. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
From 'Bad Santa' to good 'Astronaut' Feb 25, 2007
I'd done the Coen brothers, comedies, 'Bad Santa,' played Davy Crockett. I've always wanted to have my Jimmy Stewart movie, my 'Mr. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Billy Bob Thornton Interview, The Astronaut Farmer Feb 22, 2007
In 2003, he earned a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for his role in the hit "Bad Santa, and, in 2004, received critical praise for his portrayal of legendary frontiersman Davy Crockett in "The Alamo. . (MoviesOnline)
Melodrama Magic: It’s no mistake, latest play is a treasure Feb 22, 2007
Davy Crockett, June 14 through Sept. 15. The Wicklow Wedding, July 12 through Sept. 16 ( Davy Crockett and The Wicklow Wedding will alternate starting July 14. (Santa Maria Times)
Book Explores Disney's Too-Human Life Feb 22, 2007
To generations of Americans, he was the kindly Uncle Walt who visited each Sunday night via the television with tales of Davy Crockett or Donald Duck. But in 1941, Walt Disney was a hated figure at his own Burbank studio. (The Ledger)
Peter Ellenshaw, 93, Oscar-winning artist Feb 16, 2007
He eventually did matte paintings and other special effects for more than 30 other films, including "The Absent-Minded Professor," "Pollyanna," "Swiss Family Robinson," "The Happiest Millionaire," "The Love Bug," and "The Black Hole." He also did matte paintings for Disney TV fare such as "Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier.". "He's one of the titans of visual effects in an era before people took visual special effects for granted," film critic and historian Leonard Maltin said Wednesday. (Boston Globe)
Peter Ellenshaw, 93; Oscar-winning special effects artist for Disney Feb 15, 2007
He went on to do matte paintings and other special effects for more than 30 other Disney films, including "The AbsentMinded Professor," "Pollyanna," "Swiss Family Robinson," "The Happiest Millionaire," "The Love Bug" and "The Black Hole." He also did matte paintings for Disney TV fare, such as "Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier," "Zorro" and "Texas John Slaughter.". "He's one of the titans of visual effects in an era before people took visual special effects for granted," film critic and... (Los Angeles Times)
Oscar(R)-Winning Disney Matte Artist and Visual Effects Pioneer Peter Ellenshaw Dies at Age 93; Added His Magic Brush to Such Classics as 'Mary Poppins,' '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,' and 'Darby O'Gill and the Little People' Feb 15, 2007
Among his many projects at Disney, Ellenshaw made major artistic contributions to the television shows "Davy Crockett" and "Zorro," and such classic feature films as "The Sword in the Rose," "The Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men," "Darby O'Gill and the Little People," "Third Man on the Mountain," "Swiss Family Robinson," "The Love Bug," "Bedknobs and Broomsticks," and "The Black Hole." He officially retired from the Studio in 1979 but returned years later to paint several matte paintings... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Conducting 'The Ride' Feb 14, 2007
San Antonio Current - Conducting 'The Ride. Top: G.Q. Country, aka Willie Caldwell. (San Antonio Current, TX)
History buff finally makes pilgrimage to Ford's Theatre Feb 11, 2007
For example, I have visited Texas sites as diverse as the Book Depository and its environs in Dallas where JFK was fatally shot; and the Alamo in San Antonio, scene of the deaths of Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie and hundreds of others at the hands of Santa Ana and his Mexican Army in 1836. I've also been to the Civil War battlefields of Bull Run and Gettysburg , as well as the Lexington green and the Concord bridge in Massachusetts where the American Revolutionary War started in earnest. (The Standard-Times, MA)
JIM DODSON: My Own History Feb 11, 2007
A million Davy Crockett coonskin caps are distributed, and I receive one at the world debut of Fess Parker's new film about the famous frontiersman. Because my father works for the Dallas newspaper sponsoring the show, I am even invited to go onstage with the star, who reportedly dandles me on his knee. (The Pilot Newspaper)
Seeking details from 'Mega Fix' about earlier drive to the White House Jan 23, 2007
Cortwood describes Robert E. Lee, Andrew Jackson, Lou Gehrig, Eddie Rickenbacker, Audi Murphy, Davy Crockett, Vince Lombardi and others. "R. Cort Kirkwood s new book highlights patriotic masculinity and should be a highly prized addition to the library of every American ready to learn from examples of historically correct, if politically unfashionable, character and leadership, said Conservative Caucus Chairman Howard Phillips. In second place was by Clint Johnson. Johnson reveals that far from... (WorldNetDaily)
Celeb wine: Larry Bird's cab is good from way downtown Jan 17, 2007
Fess Parker of Davy Crockett fame is perhaps now better-known as a California winemaker. Filmmaker Sofia Coppola's name is on cans of sparkling wines produced by her well-regarded winemaker dad, Francis Ford Coppola. (Orlando Sentinel -- Entertainment)
