The Big Trail

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The Big Trail is a 1930 American epic Western film, notable for its early use of widescreen technology and for featuring one of John Wayne’s first leading roles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Western film ⓘ
epic film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedOn The Big Trail by Hal G. Evarts ⓘ
linked to: The Big Trail
characterPortrayedBy Breck Coleman – John Wayne ⓘ
Gus – El Brendel ⓘ
Red Flack – Tyrone Power Sr. ⓘ
Ruth Cameron – Marguerite Churchill ⓘ
cinematographyBy Arthur Edeson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Raoul Walsh ⓘ
distributor 20th Century Fox (reissues) ⓘ
linked to: 20th Century Fox

Fox Film Corporation ⓘ
editedBy Jack Dennis ⓘ
era early sound film era ⓘ
filmingLocation American West ⓘ
linked to: Old West
filmingTechnique location shooting ⓘ
format black-and-white ⓘ
genre Western ⓘ
epic ⓘ
hasFilmVersion standard 35 mm version ⓘ
widescreen 70 mm version ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Breck Coleman ⓘ
musicBy David Buttolph ⓘ
notableFor early use of widescreen technology ⓘ
one of John Wayne’s first leading roles ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer William Fox ⓘ
productionCompany Fox Film Corporation ⓘ
releaseDate 1930-10-24 ⓘ
releaseYear 1930 ⓘ
runtime approximately 125 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Hal G. Evarts ⓘ
Louis R. Loeffler ⓘ
linked to: Louis Loeffler

Raoul Walsh ⓘ
setInPeriod American frontier era ⓘ
setting Oregon Trail ⓘ
starring Charles Stevens ⓘ
David Rollins ⓘ
El Brendel ⓘ
Ian Keith ⓘ
John Wayne ⓘ
Marguerite Churchill ⓘ
Russell Simpson ⓘ
Tully Marshall ⓘ
Tyrone Power Sr. ⓘ
usesTechnology 70 mm Grandeur film process ⓘ
early widescreen process ⓘ

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Raoul Walsh → notableWork → The Big Trail ⓘ
Raoul Walsh → directed → The Big Trail ⓘ
Tyrone Power Sr. → notableWork → The Big Trail ⓘ
Raoul Walsh → notableWork → The Big Trail ⓘ
subject linked to: Albert Edward Walsh
Raoul Walsh → directed → The Big Trail ⓘ
subject linked to: Albert Edward Walsh
The Big Trail → basedOn → The Big Trail by Hal G. Evarts ⓘ
linked to: The Big Trail
Joseph Aloysius Dwan → directed → The Big Trail ⓘ
Tyrone Power Sr. → notableWork → The Big Trail ⓘ
subject linked to: Frederick
William Janney → notableWork → The Big Trail ⓘ
Julien Josephson → notableWork → The Big Trail ⓘ
George Hively → notableWork → The Big Trail ⓘ
Frank Campeau → notableWork → The Big Trail (1930 film) ⓘ
linked to: The Big Trail
Harry Woods → filmographyIncludes → The Big Trail ⓘ
Malcolm Stuart Boylan → notableWork → The Big Trail ⓘ
Berton Churchill → notableWork → The Big Trail ⓘ
Robert Barrat → notable work → The Big Trail ⓘ
Breck Coleman → appearsIn → The Big Trail ⓘ
Breck Coleman → characterCreatedFor → The Big Trail ⓘ
Marguerite Churchill → notableWork → The Big Trail ⓘ
El Brendel → notableWork → The Big Trail ⓘ
Breck Coleman → appearsIn → The Big Trail ⓘ
subject linked to: Breck Coleman – John Wayne
Ruth Cameron – Marguerite Churchill → fictionalUniverse → The Big Trail (film universe) ⓘ
linked to: The Big Trail
Red Flack → appearsIn → The Big Trail ⓘ
subject linked to: Red Flack – Tyrone Power Sr.
Edmund Lowe → notableWork → The Big Trail ⓘ
Edmund Lowe → appearedIn → The Big Trail ⓘ
Ivan Linow → notableWork → The Big Trail ⓘ
Nora Lane → notableWork → The Big Trail ⓘ