The Last Command 1955  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Frank Lloyd
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Richard Carlson, Arthur Hunnicutt, J. Carrol Naish, Ben Cooper, Virginia Grey, Jim Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Slim Pickens
San Antonio's famous Battle of the Alamo is depicted in this film starring Sterling Hayden as James Bowie, Arthur Hunnicutt as Davy Crockett, and J. Carrol Naish as Santa Anna.
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The Last Command 1928  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: Emil Jannings, Evelyn Brent, William Powell, Nicholas Soussanin, Michael Visaroff, Jack Raymond, Fritz Feld, Viatseslav Savitsky, Harry Semels, Alexander Ikonnikov, Nicholas Kobliansky
The first Academy Award for Best Actor was won by Emil Jannings for this film and "The Way of All Flesh." In "The Last Command" Jannings plays an ex-commander of defeated Russian Czar Nicholas' army who has immigrated to the United States where he works as an extra in Hollywood films.
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| Oscars: Best Director for The Divine Lady (1929), Best Director for Cavalcade (1933) |
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| Oscar: Best Actor for Marty (1955) |
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| Oscar: Best Actor for The Way of All Flesh (1928) |
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