The Big Trail (1930)
- Directed by
- Raoul Walsh
- Genre
- Western film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 05m
- Rated
- G
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 132 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young scout leads a wagon train of settlers traveling the Oregon Trail. The group faces harsh landscapes and dangers as they push westward.
epicgrandadventurouspioneeringvisually sweepingearneststatelynostalgic
What happens
The Big Trail is a 1930 American epic pre-Code Western early widescreen film shot on location across the American West starring 23-year-old John Wayne in his first leading role and directed by Raoul Walsh. It is the final completed film to feature Tyrone Power Sr. before his death in 1931, as well as his only sound role. In 2006, the United States Library of Congress deemed this film "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry, saying "the plot of a trek along the Oregon Trail is aided immensely by the majestic sweep provided by the experimental 70mm Grandeur wide-screen process used in filming". Fox officials told Walsh that its opening scenes were the greatest filmed in Hollywood to that point. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
The Oregon Trail (1959)
The Oregon Trail (1939)
The Old Oregon Trail (1928)
Bend of the River (1952)
The Santa Fe Trail (1930)
Fighting Caravans (1931)
Along the Oregon Trail (1947)
Wagon Train (1940)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.