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Auction History Result 3p1874 BIG TRAIL candid 6.75x10 still 1930 John Wayne, far shot of crew filming from high platform! Date Sold 1/17/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical 6 3/4" x 10" [17 x 25 cm] Movie Still (Learn More) Raoul Walsh's The Big Trail, the 1930 Louis R. Loeffler & Raoul Walsh adventure epic winning-of-the-West cowboy western ("Greatest Fox Movietone"; "The Most Important Picture Ever Produced"; "Raoul Walsh's all talking Fox Movietone production"; "Story by Hal G. Evarts") starring John Wayne (very young in this role!), Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel, Tully Marshall, Tyrone Power Sr., David Rollins, and "a cast including 93 principals and 20,000 extras". John Wayne was given a chance to have a leading role in this movie at a very young age. After this movie did poorly at the box office (which was not John Wayne's fault, but he was unfairly hurt by this experience), he was only given mostly lesser roles (including starring roles in a large number of B-westerns) until 1939 when he finally became a superstar in "Stagecoach" (and only because Gary Cooper turned down the role!). Note that for U.S. audiences, this movie was filmed in both the 1.37:1 format (known as the Academy ratio) and a widescreen format, which means they had to film the same scenes twice with different cameras! But that's not all. This movie was also made in FIVE languages simultaneously, which were English, Italian, French, Spanish, and German! The Italian version starred Franco Corsaro and Luisa Caselotti and was called "Il Grande Sentiero". The French version starred Gaston Glass and Jeanne Helbling and was called "La Piste des Geants". The Spanish version starred George J. Lewis and Carmen Guerrero and was called "La Gran Jornada". The German version starred Theo Shall and Marion Lessing and was called "Die Grosse Fahrt". They are exactly the same movies, except for the language difference and the different cast (this is very similar to the 1931 U.S. and Mexican versions of "Dracula"). Imagine the difficulty of shooting all of these versions at one time, likely using the same sets! We wager that few film buffs know that William Fox wanted to recoup the huge cost of this movie by making five simultaneous language versions, as noted above! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this still was consigned to us by legendary collector/dealer Marty Davis! Marty was hired in 1972 to evaluate the entire collection of W. Ward Marsh (1893-1971), who was the film critic for the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper from 1919, until his retirement in 1970. In 1919 Marsh wrote his first of 23,000 movie reviews for the Plain Dealer. Marsh died less than a year after his retirement in 1970. His library, and photographic and memorabilia archives were given to the proprietor of Cleveland's finest bookstore. Marty Davis was the first person with a background in film history and collectibles to examine the archives. He worked for three to four hours a day, for six months, and his compensation was his pick of the archives. This still is from the W. Ward Marsh archives, and it was stamped on the back by Marty Davis to indicate that it came from this legendary collection. Also note that this still has been trimmed and it now measures 6 3/4" x 10" [17 x 25 cm]. Condition: good to very good. A small amount of each blank border was neatly trimmed off and the still has slightly darkened. Learn More about condition grades 
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