While working there, 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 ...

Walsh was ultimately right to cast Wayne in The Big Trail. He gave one of the biggest movie stars his start. However, filmmaker John Ford would later be the person to boost Wayne’s career to its ...

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John Wayne is an American film legend, but he was in some pretty weird movies including ... Powell and several cast members eventually died of cancer. Jet planes were a big deal when this Cold ...

1952's The Quiet Manwas a bit of a departure for the rough-and-tumble John ... as The Big Trail (1930) and Stagecoach (1939). War movies had also become another common genre for Wayne, appearing ...

John Wayne is a ... before getting his big break in 1930’s The Big Trail, Marion Morrison – who went by Duke Morrison at the time – made his acting debut in a silent movie called Brown ...