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Cimarron

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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.

Release Date : 1931-01-26

Language :EnglishFrench

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : RKO Radio Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Yancey Cravat

Original Name : Richard Dix

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sabra Cravat

Original Name : Irene Dunne

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dixie Lee

Original Name : Estelle Taylor

Gender : Female

Character Name : Felice Venable

Original Name : Nance O'Neil

Gender : Female

Character Name : The Kid

Original Name : William Collier Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates)

Original Name : Roscoe Ates

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sol Levy

Original Name : George E. Stone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Les Yountis

Original Name : Stanley Fields

Gender : Male

Character Name : Louis Hefner

Original Name : Robert McWade

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Tracy Wyatt

Original Name : Edna May Oliver

Gender : Female

Character Name : Donna Cravat (as Nancy Dover)

Original Name : Judith Barrett

Gender : Female

Character Name : Isaiah

Original Name : Eugene Jackson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sabra's Luncheon Greeter (uncredited)

Original Name : Max Barwyn

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Heinie Conklin

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Edith Fellows

Gender : Female

Character Name : Murch Rankin (uncredited)

Original Name : Otto Hoffman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man Phoning Ambulance (uncredited)

Original Name : William Janney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Killer (uncredited)

Original Name : Bob Kortman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man Warning Yountis (uncredited)

Original Name : Frank Lackteen

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Ethan Laidlaw

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Dennis O'Keefe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Donna (uncredited)

Original Name : Helen Parrish

Gender : Female

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Carl Stockdale

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer at Ball

Original Name : Arthur Tovey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stunts (uncredited)

Original Name : Hank Potts

Gender : Male

Reviews

talisencrw

@talisencrw

2021-06-23

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 it's certainly not the worst Best Picture Oscar-winner I have seen thus far (that would probably be 'Shakespeare in Love', if I recall correctly, but I would love to watch all of them, just to be sure), and in some ways, I even tend to prefer it to the 1960 remake by Anthony Mann, even though I adore films I have seen that he's directed (although I'm not the biggest Glenn Ford fan in the world, so that probably evens things out). Irene Dunne is a delight, as always. Though it certainly could have used a better editor (a good 30-40 minutes could have been sliced off, and no one would be the wiser), it certainly deserves at least one watch, especially if you're a history buff and want to see a decent depiction of how the Midwest was won.