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Cimarron

  • 19311931
  • PassedPassed
  • 2h 3m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
6.2K
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Irene Dunne and Richard Dix in Cimarron (1931)
  • Drama
  • Western
A newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century.A newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century.A newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century.
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
6.2K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Wesley Ruggles(uncredited)
  • Writers
    • Edna Ferber(novel)
    • Howard Estabrook(dialogue)
    • Louis Sarecky(contributing writer)
  • Stars
    • Richard Dix
    • Irene Dunne
    • Estelle Taylor
Top credits
  • Director
    • Wesley Ruggles(uncredited)
  • Writers
    • Edna Ferber(novel)
    • Howard Estabrook(dialogue)
    • Louis Sarecky(contributing writer)
  • Stars
    • Richard Dix
    • Irene Dunne
    • Estelle Taylor
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 82User reviews
    • 41Critic reviews
    • 70Metascore
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Won 3 Oscars
      • 5 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Irene Dunne, Richard Dix, and Douglas Scott in Cimarron (1931)
    Irene Dunne and Richard Dix in Cimarron (1931)
    Irene Dunne and Edna May Oliver in Cimarron (1931)
    "Cimarron" Irene Dunne 1931 RKO
    Irene Dunne and Richard Dix in Cimarron (1931)
    Richard Dix in Cimarron (1931)
    Irene Dunne and Richard Dix in Cimarron (1931)
    Irene Dunne and Richard Dix in Cimarron (1931)
    Estelle Taylor in Cimarron (1931)
    Richard Dix in Cimarron (1931)
    Cimarron (1931)
    Richard Dix in Cimarron (1931)

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    Richard Dix
    Richard Dix
    • Yancey Cravat
    Irene Dunne
    Irene Dunne
    • Sabra Cravat
    Estelle Taylor
    Estelle Taylor
    • Dixie Lee
    Nance O'Neil
    Nance O'Neil
    • Felice Venable
    William Collier Jr.
    William Collier Jr.
    • The Kid
    Roscoe Ates
    Roscoe Ates
    • Jesse Rickey
    • (as Rosco Ates)
    George E. Stone
    George E. Stone
    • Sol Levy
    Stanley Fields
    Stanley Fields
    • Lon Yountis
    Robert McWade
    Robert McWade
    • Louis Hefner
    Edna May Oliver
    Edna May Oliver
    • Mrs. Tracy Wyatt
    Judith Barrett
    Judith Barrett
    • Donna Cravat
    • (as Nancy Dover)
    Eugene Jackson
    • Isaiah
    Roberta Gregory
    • Indian Girl
    Claire Rochelle
      Alice Adair
      Alice Adair
        Max Barwyn
        Max Barwyn
        • Sabra's Luncheon Greeter
        • (uncredited)
        Frank Beal
        Frank Beal
        • Louis Venable
        • (uncredited)
        Tyrone Brereton
        • Dabney Venable
        • (uncredited)
        • Director
          • Wesley Ruggles(uncredited)
        • Writers
          • Edna Ferber(novel)
          • Howard Estabrook(dialogue) (screen version)
          • Louis Sarecky(contributing writer) (uncredited)
        • All cast & crew
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        • Trivia
          The first Western to win an Oscar and the first Western to win a Best Picture Oscar. It would be another 59 years before a Western would win the Academy Award for Best Picture again when Dances with Wolves (1990) took the main prize.
        • Goofs
          During the period of the film set in 1907, Yancey is the Progressive Party's candidate for governor of Oklahoma. The Progressive Party did not form until 1912, and then disbanded after Theodore Roosevelt's unsuccessful third party candidacy that year.
        • Quotes

          Mrs. Tracy Wyatt: One of my ancestors was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

          Sol Levy: That's all right. A relative of mine, a fellow named Moses, wrote the Ten Commandments.

        • Connections
          Edited into Land of the Open Range (1942)

        User reviews82

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        Top review
        7/10
        45 reviews have come before mine and I will try to write new stuff and not bore you with repeating what others have said.
        In fairness to Richard Dix's overacting, Charles Bickford, one of the great character actors ever, also overacted atrociously in "Anna Christie," which was made exactly one year earlier than "Cimarron." The majority of movies didn't go from being silent to talking until 1929 and "Cimarron" was filmed in 1930, so both these films were real early talking films and the performers had not learned to down scale their performances.

        The editing and cinematography were outstanding, even revolutionary for that era. The film needs to be viewed in a historic context and not compared to current films. I do agree that "Cimarron" does not hold up as well during the march of time from 1930 to 2008 as does "Public Enemy," "Little Caesar," "Scarface" but it was a complex and ambitious film adaptation of a novel by an outstanding writer, Edna Ferber.

        Richard Dix's character does stand up for and vehemently support fairness to Indians and prostitutes, which was a revolutionary idea for a movie made in 1930.

        I did notice that Eugene Jackson, the young black teenager, worked for 60 years in the film business, including a recurring role in "Stanford and Son," and in "Julia." Richard Dix, a major star in silent films starting in the early 1920s, peaked around the time of "Cimarron" and by the second half of the 1930s was stuck in B films but did continue his career and stared in films until his retirement in 1947.

        Irene Dunne went on to super stardom for the next 20 years and made quite a few classics (check out her film list in her biography.) It is amazing!

        I want to compliment the other writers who are classic film lovers but do want to state that too many readers check the not helpful box instead of the helpful box when evaluating the reviews of others. I feel that they are being too picky. After all, we are a select group of people who appreciate old films and should have support each other more as a group, unless the review is vindictive or totally uninformed.
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        • mauricebarringer
        • Oct 4, 2008

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        • Release date
          • February 9, 1931 (United States)
        • Country of origin
          • United States
        • Languages
          • English
          • French
        • Also known as
          • Сімаррон
        • Filming locations
          • Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA
        • Production company
          • RKO Radio Pictures
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        • Budget
          • $1,433,000 (estimated)
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        • Runtime
          2 hours 3 minutes
        • Color
          • Black and White
        • Aspect ratio
          • 1.20 : 1

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