Cimarron [videorecording] a Radio Picture ; Radio Pictures presents ; by Edna Ferber ; produced by William LeBaron ; a Wesley Ruggles production ; screen version & dialogue by Howard Estabrook.
"A nation rising to greatness through the work of men and women, new country opening, raw land blossoming, crude towns growing into cities, territories becoming rich states. In 1889, President Harrison opened the vast Indian Oklahoma lands for white settlement--2,000,000 acres free for the taking, poor and rich pouring in, swarming the border, waiting for the starting gun, at noon, April 22nd..." --prologue from title screens. Cimarron is a sprawling western saga, an earnest tale about empire building, and a film of its time, which viewers should keep in mind. It follows the adventures Yancey Cravat, a lawyer and newspaperman from Wichita, who joins the Oklahoma Territory land rush in 1889. Soon he and his family are citizens of Osage. Beset by wanderlust, Yancey joins the Cherokee Strip land rush in 1893, leaving wife Sabra behind to run the newspaper and raise their son, Cimarron. by 1907, Yancey is back at home as Oklahoma becomes a state. During the oil boom, he refuses to join a scheme to cheat the Indians out of their oil rich land, and then disappears again. In 1929, Sabra is elected Oklahoma's first Congresswoman, Cimarron is married to an Indian princess, and Yancey still hasn"t returned.
Record details
- ISBN: 0790748363
- ISBN: 9780790748368
- Physical Description: 1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Special edition, fullscreen.
- Publisher: Burbank, CA : Turner Entertainment Co. ; c2006.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Based on the novel by Edna Ferber.Special features: 'The devil's cabaret' [featurette] (16 min.); 'Red-headed baby' [featurette] (7 min.).
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Credits and foreword -- Oklahoma land rush -- Dixie Lee's claim -- Bound for Cimarron -- Our first real home -- Osage -- Chance encounters -- Friendly shooting -- Hanging the shingle -- Death cry -- Sunday finery -- Gathering for meeting -- Hymn and collection -- Sermon shootout -- Sabra's ambitions -- Kid's last stand -- Losing Isaiah -- You vicious hussy -- Cherokee run chance -- Discussing Yancey -- Back home -- Dixie on trial -- Verdict -- Never anybody but you -- Wayward children -- Filthy politics -- Editorial clash -- Forty years in one place -- Guest of honor -- Almost all the family -- Old drifter's passing -- Oklahoma pioneer.
- Creation/Production Credits Note:
- Photography, Edward Cronjager ; editor, William Hamilton ; scenery & costumes, Max Rée ; special effects, Lloyd Knechtel.
- Participant or Performer Note:
- Richard Dix (Yancey Cravat), Irene Dunne (Sabra Cravat), Estelle Taylor (Dixie Lee), Nance O'Neil (Felice Venable), William Collier, Jr. (The Kid), Rosco Ates (Jesse Rickey), George E. Stone (Sol Levy), Stanley Fields (Lon Yountis), Robert McWade (Louis Hefner), Edna May Oliver (Mrs. Tracy Wyatt), Nancy Dover (Donna Cravat), Eugene Jackson (Isaiah).
- Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
- Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1930.
- Target Audience Note:
- MPAA Rating: Not rated.
- System Details Note:
- DVD; Region 1; Dolby Digital mono.; full screen presentation preserving the 1.20:1 aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition.
- Language Note:
- In English with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish; closed-captioned.
- Awards Note:
- Winner, 1931 Academy Awards for Best Art Direction--Max Rée; Best Writing, Adaptation--Howard Estabrook; Best Picture--RKO Radio.
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