Edna May Oliver,
Estelle Taylor,
Eugene Jackson,
George E. Stone,
Irene Dunne
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Dramatization of Edna Ferber's acclaimed novel (Howard Estabrook won an Oscar for his adaptation) about the Oklahoma land rush of 1888. Among the settlers who staked claims on this land are Yancey Cra...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 31, 2006
Stats: 70 reviews
The scene of the rush out west for cheap land with hundreds of extras in wagons, on horse back, and on foot is an amazing epic scene. The rest of the movie I thought was awful. Over the top performances and the lead actor going way too heavy on the makeup make this another emba...( read more)
Wow, I don't have a clue why this won best picture... the editing was terrible and the whole thing was full of stereotypes and racism. I really like Irene Dunne in other movies, she's really cute... but this one she was a bitch and all the other characters were cliche and overdo...( read more)
Cimarron is an epic western film that won best picture. This film is about a man and his wife over a 40 year period or so. They abandon their home and move out west to Oklahoma which at the time was an unorganized territory. They live there and watch it become a state and have a ...( read more)
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1931. Must have been a slow year. The characterization is poor (Yancy = perfect, everybody else < Yancy, just remember that and you get the idea). The acting is over the top at best, mostly annoying, and blatantly racist at worst...( read more)
Very good historic film on the American land rush and settlement of Oklahoma in general. of course there is racism shown in this movie, it's akin to the story the movie is trying to tell you. anyone interested in American history will appreciate this movie. i never seen the remak...( read more)
There were a lot of things I did not like about this movie but considering that it was made in 1931 I guess it was good. It tried to show diversity.
Grand, sprawling, account of the Oklahoma land rush, based on the Edna Ferbe novel
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