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Young Wayne Blazed a Big Trail

by | Jul 1, 2008 | Western Movies

Discussing John Wayne's first major film, The Big Trail, with Richard Schickel.
The Big Trail (1930) succeeded in recreating, from the widest vistas to the smallest details, the saga of those men, women and children who crossed and populated the new frontier in the mid-1800s. The movie also did everything any film could have done to launch the career of a major star, in this case, the young John Wayne in his first major sc


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