Wayne’s first lead performance in 1930’s The Big Trail was also the first time he starred in a movie with the word “trail” in the title. The story follows Breck Coleman (Wayne), who works as a fur ...

It's easy to take for granted the fact that John Wayne is arguably the most notable Western star that Hollywood ever produced. But it wasn't always this way. Back when the Duke was a far younger man, ...

Upstart fur trapper Breck Coleman (John Wayne) agrees to lead and protect a group of pioneers trying to make their way on the treacherous Oregon Trail. Amid a harrowing series of trials, including an ...

The Northwest Montana History Museum invites the public to saddle up Aug. 26 to see the epic early Western, “The Big Trail,” starring John Wayne in his first leading role. The story of the 1930 film ...

John Wayne was a mere 23 year old prop boy in Hollywood's late 1920s when he caught his first major break with "The Big Trail." It was director Raoul Walsh who noticed the young man, named Marion ...