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Cimarron is a 1931 pre-Code epic Western film starring Richard Dix and Irene Dunne, and directed by Wesley Ruggles. Released by RKO , it won Academy Awards for Best Picture , Best Adapted Screenplay (written by Howard Estabrook and based on Edna Ferber 's 1930 novel Cimarron ), and Best Production Design (by Max Rée).
Cimarron is a 1960 American epic Western film based on the 1930 Edna Ferber novel Cimarron. The film stars Glenn Ford and Maria Schell and was directed by Anthony Mann and Charles Walters, though Walters is not credited onscreen. [1] Ferber's novel was previously adapted as a film in 1931; that version won three Academy Awards.
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The 4th Academy Awards were held on November 10, 1931, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, awarding films released between August 1, 1930, and July 31, 1931. Cimarron was the first Western to win Best Picture, and would remain the only to do so until Dances with Wolves won in 1990.
Cimarron: Wesley Ruggles: Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Estelle Taylor, Nance O'Neil: United States: traditional Western The Cisco Kid: Irving Cummings: Warner Baxter, Edmund Lowe: United States: The Cisco Kid serial Western The Deadline: Lambert Hillyer: Buck Jones, Loretta Sayers: United States: B Western Desert Vengeance: Louis King: Buck Jones ...
His standard on-screen image was that of the rugged and stalwart hero. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his lead role in the Best Picture-winning epic Cimarron (1931). [3] Dix appeared in 101 film roles, credited from his first appearance. Plagued by alcoholism, he died at 56, just two years after his film career had ended.
Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), Cimarron (1930; adapted into the 1931 film which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), Giant (1952; made into the 1956 film of the same name) and Ice Palace (1958 ...
Cimarron is a novel by Edna Ferber, published in April 1930 and based on development in Oklahoma after the Land Rush. The book was adapted into a critically acclaimed film of the same name, released in 1931 through RKO Pictures .