The Big Trail' actor John Wayne gained massive fame, and here's why director Raoul Walsh thinks he caught on the way he did. Before The Big Trail, Wayne worked in the props department at Fox.

director Raoul Walsh saw a star quality in him and decided to cast John Wayne in The Big Trail, making it his first leading role in any movie. The Big Trail was a revolutionary film at the time as ...

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John Wayne is a titan of Hollywood’s Golden Age, but everyone has to start somewhere. Four years before getting his big break in 1930’s The Big Trail, Marion Morrison – who went by Duke Morr ...