The Oregon Trail (1936 film)

1936 film

  • Jack Natteford
  • Lindsley Parsons
  • Robert Emmett Tansey
Produced byTrem CarrStarring
  • John Wayne
  • Ann Rutherford
CinematographyGus PetersonEdited byCarl PiersonMusic byHarry Grey
Production
company
Republic Pictures
Distributed byRepublic Pictures
Release date
  • January 18, 1936 (1936-01-18)
Running time
59 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

The Oregon Trail is a 1936 American Western film directed by Scott Pembroke for Republic Pictures and starring John Wayne. It is a lost film with no known prints remaining. In 2013, film collector Kent Sperring discovered 40 photographs that were taken during the making of the film.[1] The Oregon Trail started production on November 29, 1935, and was filmed at Alabama Hills.[2][1]

Plot

John Wayne plays retired army captain John Delmont, who discovers from his father's journal that he was left to die by a renegade, and vows to hunt down the killer.

Cast

  • John Wayne as Capt John Delmont
  • Ann Rutherford as Anne Ridgeley
  • Joseph W. Girard as Col. Delmont
  • Yakima Canutt as Tom Richards
  • Frank Rice as Red
  • E. H. Calvert as Jim Ridgeley
  • Ben Hendricks Jr. as Maj. Harris
  • Harry Harvey as Tim
  • Fern Emmett as Minnie
  • Jack Rutherford as Benton
  • Marian Ferrell as Sis
  • Roland Ray as Markey
  • Gino Corrado as Forrenza
  • Edward LeSaint as Gen. Ferguson
  • Octavio Giraud as Don Miguel

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Searching for John Wayne in the Alabama Hills". BBC. October 10, 2013. Archived from the original on June 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Republic to Start On Six Features". Times Union. December 1, 1935. p. 11. Archived from the original on June 15, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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