The Oregon Trail (1936 film)

The Oregon Trail
Film poster
Directed by	Scott Pembroke
Written by	Jack Natteford Lindsley Parsons Robert Emmett Tansey
Produced by	Trem Carr
Starring	John Wayne
Cinematography	Gus Peterson
Edited by	Carl Pierson
Music by	Harry Grey
Production company	Republic Pictures
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release date	January 18, 1936 (1936-01-18)
Running time	59 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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

• List of lost films

References

1. "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.

External links

• The Oregon Trail at IMDb
• The Oregon Trail at the TCM Movie Database
• The Oregon Trail at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films