Story:
Forty years of social and urban progress in American life from 1889-1929 are seen through the life of a progressive newspaper editor/lawyer in Oklahoma, and the wife who resents his longing for the excitement of the frontier in the years after the Oklahoma land rush.
Source: IMDB
The story is based on the western novel of the same title, first published in 1930, written by American novelist Edna Ferber. Would you like to read the book?
Cimarron is supported by a strong performance from Irene Dunne, but uneven in basically every other regard, and riddled with potentially offensive stereotypes.
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Major accolades received by Cimarron (1931)
- Winner of Oscar’s Best Picture of the Year Academy Award.
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Edna Ferber: Cimarron
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