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[[Image:trail_poster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|’’The Big Trail’’ (1930)]] | [[Image:trail_poster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|’’The Big Trail’’ (1930)]] | ||
'''''The Big Trail''''' (1930) is a little remembered Western masterpiece directed by [[Raoul Walsh]] (''[[The Roaring Twenties]]'', ''[[White Heat]]'', ''[[The Enforcer]]''). Filmed entirely on location and featuring stunts that have never been duplicated or topped, the movie was the first starring role for [[John Wayne]]. Most moviegoers only saw the 35 mm print of the film, but the screenshots below come from the seldom seen, 70 mm Fox Grandeur version, which was the first but short-lived widescreen movie format in America. The two versions differ in story, script, direction, and stunts, with the 35 mm print vastly inferior to the 70 mm version. The film also starred Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel, Tully Marshall, and Tyrone Power Sr. (as Tyrone Power). An honest scout (Wayne) keeps a close eye on a trio of thugs, who lead a wagon | '''''The Big Trail''''' (1930) is a little remembered Western masterpiece directed by [[Raoul Walsh]] (''[[The Roaring Twenties]]'', ''[[White Heat]]'', ''[[The Enforcer]]''). Filmed entirely on location and featuring stunts that have never been duplicated or topped, the movie was the first starring role for [[John Wayne]]. Most moviegoers only saw the 35 mm print of the film, but the screenshots below come from the seldom seen, 70 mm Fox Grandeur version, which was the first but short-lived widescreen movie format in America. The two versions differ in story, script, direction, and stunts, with the 35 mm print vastly inferior to the 70 mm version. The film also starred Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel, Tully Marshall, and Tyrone Power Sr. (as Tyrone Power). An honest scout (Wayne) keeps a close eye on a trio of thugs, who lead a wagon train across canyons, rivers, deserts, blizzards, and Indian land to California in the 1850s. | ||
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Revision as of 13:56, 5 April 2013
The Big Trail (1930) is a little remembered Western masterpiece directed by Raoul Walsh (The Roaring Twenties, White Heat, The Enforcer). Filmed entirely on location and featuring stunts that have never been duplicated or topped, the movie was the first starring role for John Wayne. Most moviegoers only saw the 35 mm print of the film, but the screenshots below come from the seldom seen, 70 mm Fox Grandeur version, which was the first but short-lived widescreen movie format in America. The two versions differ in story, script, direction, and stunts, with the 35 mm print vastly inferior to the 70 mm version. The film also starred Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel, Tully Marshall, and Tyrone Power Sr. (as Tyrone Power). An honest scout (Wayne) keeps a close eye on a trio of thugs, who lead a wagon train across canyons, rivers, deserts, blizzards, and Indian land to California in the 1850s.
The following weapons were used in the film The Big Trail:
Enfield Pattern 1853
Throughout the film, scouts and settlers carry the Enfield Pattern 1853.
Throughout the film, Breck carries a Colt 1851 Navy
