Cimarron (1931) | |
| Director(s) | Wesley Ruggles (uncredited) |
| Producer(s) | William LeBaron, Wesley Ruggles, Louis Sarecky (associate) |
| Top Genres | Drama, Epic, Film Adaptation, Western |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Frontier, Newspapers, Pre-Code Cinema |
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Cimarron (1931) was a Drama - Western Film directed by Wesley Ruggles and produced by Wesley Ruggles, William LeBaron and Louis Sarecky.
The film was based on the novel of the same name written by Edna Ferber published in 1929.
SYNOPSIS
The Best Picture of 1931 chronicles one family's experiences in the restless days of settling the American West. Adapted from Edna Ferber's sweeping novel, the story tracks the growth of an Oklahoma town and the homesteaders who came there from the 1890s through the 1920s. Remade in 1960.
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Academy Awards 1960 --- Ceremony Number 33 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actor | Richard Dix | Nominated |
| Best Actress | Irene Dunne | Nominated |
| Best Art Direction | Max Rée | Won |
| Best Cinematography | Edward Cronjager | Nominated |
| Best Director | Wesley Ruggles | Nominated |
| Best Picture | RKO Radio | Won |
| Best Writing | Howard Estabrook | Won |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: George W. Davis, Addison Hehr; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt, Otto Siegel | Nominated |
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Cimarron (1)
By RBuccicone on Feb 25, 2013 From MacGuffin MoviesCimarron (1931) This week I will review two Best Picture winners that had they been released in another year would not have stood a chance for the Academy’s top award. First is the 1931 winner Cimarron. This western about settling the Oklahoma territory is also the saga of a family confounded ... Read full article
Best Picture Winner 1930/1931: Cimarron
By Duke Mantee on Aug 7, 2012 From SpoilersEdna Ferber and Cimarron are not remembered especially fondly, at least in critical circles. Ferber?s New York Times obituary read, ?Her books were not profound, but they were vivid and had a sound sociological basis. She was among the best-read novelists in the nation, and critics of the 1920s and ... Read full article
Classic Films in Context: Cimarron 1931
By Stephen Reginald on Nov 3, 2011 From Classic Movie ManClassic Films in Context: Cimarron 1931 First edition of the classic In 1929, author Edna Ferber (1885 – 1968) published a colossal bestseller about the settling of what would eventually become Oklahoma. Ferber, who grew up in Appleton, Wisconsin, saw first-hand the settling and develo... Read full article
Classic Films in Context: Cimarron 1931
By Stephen Reginald on Nov 3, 2011 From Classic Movie ManClassic Films in Context: Cimarron 1931 First edition of the classic In 1929, author Edna Ferber (1885 – 1968) published a colossal bestseller about the settling of what would eventually become Oklahoma. Ferber, who grew up in Appleton, Wisconsin, saw first-hand the settling and develo... Read full article
Cimarron (2)
By Alyson on Nov 29, 2010 From The Best Picture ProjectToday our elders may tell stories from WWII or The Great Depression; it?s rare to find anyone alive to tell us about the first World War. ?Children of the 1930?s could hear stories of the old west from their grandparents. ?Tales of covered wagons across the plains and the wild unsettled land of the ... Read full article
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Quotes from
Sol Levy: That's all right. A relative of mine, a fellow named Moses, wrote the Ten Commandments.
Sabra Cravat: Do you feel nervous about your sermon, dear?
Yancy Cravat: I'd rather plead to a Texas jury than preach to this gang.
Yancy Cravat: Why, it'll be all over the southwest that Yancy Cravat was hiding behind a woman's petticoat!
Sabra Cravat: But you didn't! They can't say so! You shot him there nicely in the ear, darling.
Yancy Cravat: Well, you shouldn't interfere when men are having a little friendly shootin'.
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Has the lowest IMDb rating of all Best Picture Oscar winners so far (mid-February 2009).
The only internally-produced RKO film to ever win the Best Picture Oscar. The Best Years of Our Lives (AA: Best Picture, 1946) was a Samuel Goldwyn production distributed by RKO.
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