the detail in the big trail be so incredible that i felt that the movie be make at the time it represent . i have never see wagon that be so real . they be big and load with accessory and and even felt a though they have be fill with detail under the canvas cover that be never mean to be see . every speck of dirt and every scratch and every splinter be there . modern day computer technology could never recreate the scene of the numerous wagon a they move across the land or circle to fend off indian . the wagon be all real and individual vehicle and each with it own real team of horse or ox . the actor clothing could not have felt more genuine . with the exception of john wayne buckskin outfit and marguerite churchill nice dress and the clothes be very common look and tattered and or dirty in an authentic look way . many of the actor and actress be bear before electricity and indoor plumbing be common and and they must have felt comfortable with the surroundings . all the indian be real indian rather than white extra paint tan . woman of the old west have to be sturdy because there be a lot of work . in every scene show work do by the people of the wagon train and woman be show chop wood and haul log and etc . this realism be so natural look that it do not come across a a statement on the role of woman of the day rather than a fact of survival . the plot of revenge and romance be play well . nothing be overstate or overplay . something be lose along the way in the 1930 in hollywood . as much a i love the fake scenery and control environment of old movie and the big trail manages to feel real above all else . the more i see big budget movie of the silent era and the more i like them . i can think of few movie of the 1930 that i have see that equal the grandeur of the best of the 1920 . if there be home movie make in the day of wagon train and the big trail be what they would look like .