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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).
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.
Title Director Cast Genre Notes Captain Applejack: Hobart Henley: Mary Brian, John Halliday, Claud Allister: Drama: Warner Bros. Caught: Edward Sloman: Richard Arlen, Louise Dresser, Frances Dee
Ferber's novel was previously adapted as a film in 1931; that version won three Academy Awards. Cimarron was the first of three epics (along with El Cid and The Fall of the Roman Empire) that Mann directed. Despite high production costs and an experienced cast of Western veterans, stage actors and future stars, the film was released with little ...
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.
Edna May Oliver (born Edna May Nutter, November 9, 1883 – November 9, 1942) was an American stage and film actress.During the 1930s, she was one of the better-known character actresses in American films, often playing tart-tongued spinsters.
Cimarron City, a 1958-1959 U.S. western television series set in Oklahoma, starring George Montgomery The Cimarron Kid , a 1952 western film starring Audie Murphy, directed by Budd Boetticher Cimarron Strip (1967–68), a U.S. western television series
A prevailing issue in 1932, the hardship farmers faced as a result of the crashing stock market, was accurately portrayed by the film, garnering the support of the public. This, alongside a new wave of American historical films (Abraham Lincoln, 1930; Cimarron, 1931; Silver Dollar, 1932) and Ferber's popularity, made the movie a success. [4]