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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Western film
film
academyAward Academy Award for Best Art Direction NERFINISHED
Academy Award for Best Picture NERFINISHED
Academy Award for Best Writing, Adaptation NERFINISHED
artDirectionBy Max Rée NERFINISHED
authorOfSourceWork Edna Ferber NERFINISHED
basedOn Cimarron (novel) NERFINISHED
blackAndWhite true
character Sabra Cravat NERFINISHED
Yancey Cravat NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Edward Cronjager NERFINISHED
costumeDesignBy Max Rée NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Wesley Ruggles NERFINISHED
discussesTheme ambition and family life on the frontier
frontier expansion
settlement of Oklahoma
distributor RKO Radio Pictures
editedBy William Hamilton NERFINISHED
genre Western NERFINISHED
drama
hasRemake Cimarron (1960 film) NERFINISHED
motionPictureRating Passed (pre-Code era)
musicBy Max Steiner NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1931-02-09
releaseYear 1931
runtimeMinutes 123
screenwriter Howard Estabrook NERFINISHED
settingEvent Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889 NERFINISHED
settingLocation Oklahoma NERFINISHED
starring Estelle Taylor NERFINISHED
Irene Dunne NERFINISHED
Nance O'Neil NERFINISHED
Richard Dix NERFINISHED
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)