Cimarron: Best Picture 1931

CIMARRON (Western - NR) PRODUCER: William LaBaron ABOUT THE FILM Based on Edna Ferber's saga about an American family that settles in Oklahoma and the effects of empire building in the West from 1890 to 1915. DIRECTED BY: Wesley Ruggles (who received a nomination).

THE CAST INCLUDES Richard Dix / Nominated (THE VANISHING AMERICAN, THE PUBLIC DEFENDER, SKY GIANT, TOMBSTONE) Irene Dunne / Nominated (ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM, LIFE WITH FATHER) With Estelle Taylor, William Collier, Jr., Nance O'Neill, Edna May Oliver, Roscoe Ates, and George E. Stone. NOTES & TRIVA This is the only Western ever to win the Best Picture Oscar. The Writing Adaptation award went to Howard Estabrook and the Art Direction award went to Max Ree. The scene of thousands of wagons racing over millions of acres to claim their own patch of land is still memorable. Remade in 1960. The role of Yancy Cravat was played by Richard Dix, who was a popular star of the day and into the forties. Irene Dunne (a relative newcomer) played his wife. OTHER NOMINATIONS Writing (*) Art Direction (*) Actor Actress Direction Cinematography OTHER "BEST PICTURE" NOMINATIONS EAST LYNNE THE FRONT PAGE SKIPPY TRADER HORN GO TO: Next Year

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