044 represent the big trail ( 1930 ) release 10/24/1930 while view 4/5/06 . birth represent richard harris and harold pinter and robert atkins . doug represent in hollywood and raoul walsh unveil his late film and the big trail and a western about the trek west across the frontier and star up and come 23 year old actor john wayne . in 1930 and we be see many first but few best . besides the first john wayne film and we have here the first widescreen film ( although we only watch the full frame version ) . interestingly and the decision to film in widescreen be essentially the same reason that widescreen become popular later represent to compete with television and which hadn not yet appear commercially but be still an emerge curiosity . all the same and this film be extremely good and give u a harrowing look at the trek to oklahoma . the opening title card let u know that this be a western of the most traditional kind and about america and about the land and who should live on it and etc . and and be an excellent demonstration of that . walsh give u some astonishing visuals of the wagon company out in the wilderness ( when they reach a cliff and they must rope each wagon down one by one ) and and we also get a revenge subplot involve wayne pursue the man who kill one of his friend ( i seem to recall something similar in stagecoach ) . wayne tough cowboy routine be at least partly there and and would surely evolve far in subsequent film . since this film be represent all of wayne early 30 work for the odyssey and we will not see his face again until stagecoach and but once we do and we will keep see him to the end of the odyssey and beyond . kevin represent ah and our first sound western and and john wayne first star role . it raoul walsh the big trail . this review will be short and since it be week since i watch it . i enjoy this movie and but it be far from a masterpiece . the mostly predictable adventure have a few surprise and like when the brain of the bad guy and red flack ( tyrone power sr. in his last role ) be kill half way through while i think he would be the bos at the end and but that end up be bill thorpe ( ian keith ) . i remember that i do not like the way breck ( wayne ) kill thorpe and exact revenge at the end . i understood that that what he be mean to do in the story and but i really do not like his reasoning when he tell ruth why he have to do it . i think he have a far great responsibility to the hundred of settler he be lead through the harsh west . last film view represent animal cracker ( 1930 ) . last film chronologically represent soup to nut ( 1930 ) . next film represent lage dor ( 1930 ) .