Cimarron (1931) 6.0
A newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century. Director:Wesley Ruggles (uncredited) |
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Cimarron (1931) 6.0
A newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century. Director:Wesley Ruggles (uncredited) |
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Richard Dix | ... | ||
Irene Dunne | ... | ||
Estelle Taylor | ... | ||
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Nance O'Neil | ... | |
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William Collier Jr. | ... | |
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Roscoe Ates | ... |
Jesse Rickey
(as Rosco Ates)
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George E. Stone | ... | ||
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Stanley Fields | ... | |
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Robert McWade | ... |
Louis Hefner
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Edna May Oliver | ... |
Mrs. Tracy Wyatt
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Judith Barrett | ... |
Donna Cravat
(as Nancy Dover)
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Eugene Jackson | ... |
Isaiah
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Billy Mellman |
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When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a plot of the free land for himself and moves his family there from Wichita. A newspaperman, lawyer, and just about everything else, Cravat soon becomes a leading citizen of the boom town of Osage. Once the town is established, however, he begins to feel confined once again, and heads for the Cherokee Strip, leaving his family behind. During this and other absences, his wife Sabra must learn to take care of herself and soon becomes prominent in her own right. Written by &view=simple&sort=alpha">George S. Davis <mgeorges@prodigy.net>
Seeing Cimarron is comparable to looking at old pictures, with the difference that they move and speak. It makes you go back in time to 1931, and also it shows you how people at that time would look at the end of the 19th century. Even though it is a `talkie' you have the feeling you are seeing a silent film. After all they were closer in years to the days of the wild west, than we are from the year the film was made. Richard Dix gives a `silent movie' performance as Yancey, the guy who had `ants in his pants' and could not stay anywhere for a long time, but would show up at crucial moments. Edna May Oliver as Mrs. Wyatt gives an incredibly actual performance, but just the opposite happens with William Collier Jr. as `The Kid', who seems to have only one expression on his face. Cimarron, nowadays, is not a film for anyone, only for those who have curiosity about old movies and what they show us about the past.