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Cimarron (1931)

NR 01/26/1931 (US) Drama, Western, History 2h 3m

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When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a plot of the free land for himself and moves his family there from Wichita. A newspaperman, lawyer, and just about everything else, Cravat soon becomes a leading citizen of the boom town of Osage. Once the town is established, however, he begins to feel confined once again, and heads for the Cherokee Strip, leaving his family behind. During this and other absences, his wife Sabra must learn to take care of herself and soon becomes prominent in her own right.

Wesley Ruggles

Director
Edna Ferber

Novel
Howard Estabrook

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Richard Dix

Yancey Cravat
Irene Dunne

Sabra Cravat
Estelle Taylor

Dixie Lee
Nance O'Neil

Felice Venable
William Collier Jr.

The Kid
Roscoe Ates

Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates)
George E. Stone

Sol Levy
Stanley Fields

Les Yountis
Robert McWade

Louis Hefner
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Written by talisencrw on April 12, 2016

I know this gets VERY maligned these days as one of the very worst winners ever of the Best Picture Oscar, especially considering 'The Front Page' was the definitive best of those nominated that year, at the 4th Academy Awards ceremony (and that great films such as 'City Lights', 'Morocco' and 'Frankenstein' didn't even get nominated), but if you can take away Richard Dix's horrible overacting (I can't believe he was even nominated for Best Actor that year!) and uneven, sometimes lethargic or indifferent pacing and direction, certain scenes really pack a wallop, I'm glad that I watched it, and... read the rest.

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