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 ...

John Wayne's first leading role came in 1930 with the pre-code Western The Big Trail, directed by Raoul Walsh, and it set the ...

While his performance isn't bad for a man pretty green to the camera, The Big Trail nearly ended Wayne's career before it had even begun. Here's what happened. This 1930 Western was John Wayne's ...

The trail began when Sutherland’s father ... to the El Rancho Drive-In in San Pablo to watch John Wayne movies. “Seeing him on that big screen, I was smitten.” A few years later, when ...

Director John Ford and John Wayne had one of the most fruitful collaborations ... lanky actor in his big-budget 1930 western “The Big Trail.” After it failed at the box office, Wayne wound ...

Permits are required for riding the John Wayne Pioneer Trail from Washington State Parks, but the state parks website doesn’t give clear information and the phone numbers listed to call are ...