Cimarron (1931 film)

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Cimarron (1931 film) is an early Hollywood Western epic and Best Picture Oscar winner that chronicles the settlement of Oklahoma and the impact of frontier expansion on one ambitious pioneer and his family.

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instanceOf Western film
film
academyAward Academy Award for Best Art Direction
Academy Award for Best Picture
Academy Award for Best Writing, Adaptation
artDirectionBy Max Rée
authorOfSourceWork Edna Ferber
basedOn Cimarron (novel)
linked to: Cimarron
blackAndWhite true
character Sabra Cravat
Yancey Cravat
cinematographyBy Edward Cronjager
costumeDesignBy Max Rée
countryOfOrigin United States
director Wesley Ruggles
discussesTheme ambition and family life on the frontier
frontier expansion
settlement of Oklahoma
distributor RKO Radio Pictures
editedBy William Hamilton
genre Western
drama
hasRemake Cimarron (1960 film)
motionPictureRating Passed (pre-Code era)
musicBy Max Steiner
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor
Academy Award for Best Actress
Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Academy Award for Best Director
notableFor early sound-era epic depicting American frontier expansion
first Western film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture
originalLanguage English
oscarYear 4th Academy Awards
producer William LeBaron
productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures
releaseDate 1931-02-09
releaseYear 1931
runtimeMinutes 123
screenwriter Howard Estabrook
settingEvent Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889
linked to: Oklahoma land runs
settingLocation Oklahoma
starring Estelle Taylor
Irene Dunne
Nance O'Neil
Richard Dix
timePeriodDepictedEnd early 20th century
timePeriodDepictedStart 1889

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Richard Dix starredIn Cimarron (1931 film)
Irene Dunne notableWork Cimarron (1931 film)
Edna Ferber workAdaptedAs Cimarron (1931 film)
Irene Dunne notableWork Cimarron (1931 film)
subject linked to: Irene Marie Dunn
Howard Estabrook wroteScreenplayFor Cimarron (1931 film)
Howard Estabrook produced Cimarron (1931 film)
William LeBaron workedOn Cimarron (1931 film)
Cimarron (1960 film) isRemakeOf Cimarron (1931 film)