A comprehensive list of every film ever nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. It’s unfortunate Cimarron (1931) is the first western to win Best Picture. Sabra learns that she was being foolish and, like all other things Yancey does or says, she soon comes around to his way. This film is a product of its time. This sometimes occurs across the same scene, such as one where he lambasts Oklahoma for opening up further Indian territories for settlement in his newspaper before greedily talking to his wife about his desire to claim some of that land for himself. There’s a reckoning taking place in our country. You used the word “schizophrenic” and I wrote down that word in my own notes while I was watching the film. I realize this was common practice in the earlier days of movies, but where would a cowboy in newly settled Oklahoma obtain such a luxury? Not enough to make it unwatchable, but enough to alter the appearance of the performers. Cimarron was the first Western to win the Oscar for Best Picture--and, until Dances with Wolves in 1990, the only one. This is one of many instances in the film where Yancey’s duty is that of protector, and, in fact, that seems to be his main role in the film. (contains spoilers), Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2007. It's about westward travel in the US, about what is essentially the American Dream: building a life. The Oscar winner for Best Picture of 1931 chronicles one family's experiences in the restless days of settling the American West. Out of all the better films in 1931 the Oscars decided to give the best picture award to this film for reasons unknown. Cimarron won best picture. Report this film, Successfully recreates the sound of barely being able to hear a person talk to you when a lot of people are talking around you. A testament to how much things had changed in a handful of decades, while tracing out a future where equality and prosperity are guaranteed for people oppressed only so long ago. Dix has big dreams and isn't content to … Their arrival in Osage sees him go absolutely nuts… when he sees a cart selling watermelons. The book celebrates and chronicles over one…, Shawn Stubbs 1,291 films 1,479 74 Edit. Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2015. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. At the time of its release, this RKO adaptation of Edna Ferber's 1929 novel was all the rage. And watching Oklahoma go from a simple line on the prairie composed of eager men and women on one spring afternoon to a familiar city is fascinating, even if every single humanizing story seems to fall flat on its face. With your permission, I’d like to include your photo “cimarron15.png” within the extra screenshots gallery above for use in my blog. where a woman freaks out at a black man touching her, only with less hatred and more outright condescension. Unfortunately, this also becomes where the movie’s message starts becoming obvious, which is ‘tolerance’ in the most backwards way possible. Sabra and the other ladies of society detest her, and leap at the opportunity to prosecute her for adultery. Whatever, it should be a word because the context makes sense to me in that sentence. If I seem to conflate the film’s viewpoint and Yancey’s, it’s because they rarely seem to diverge. NeverTooEarlyMP 4,925 films 7,144 432 Edit. I guess it was the style still? Every film that has ever been nominated for an Academy Award in any category. (mostly on the basis of the Stanwyck movie of the same title). I just saw this film today for the first time. Jayce Fryman 18,694 films 2,847 99 Edit, This list collects every film from the Starting List that became They Shoot Pictures Don't They's 1000 Greatest Films. It really isn’t a bad film, but it just goes in so many different directions content-wise that at times you’re marveling at it and other times you’re wondering what in the hell the Academy was smoking in 1931. I took numerous screenshots while watching the movie and it turns out that one of my photos was pretty much exactly that one above, but your shot is ten times clearer than mine is. It is full of racial stereotypes, racist characters, horrible sound design and beefed-up melodrama. When one man is injured mortally saving some drillers from an faulty explosive device, Sabra recognizes the name and the sense of heroism. I wasn't even tired and yet I fell asleep for maybe a good ten minutes. The storyline, by Edna Ferber of Giant fame, pitches forward in leaps and starts.…. The Oklahoma land rush in the first ten minutes of the film is pretty much the only good part of the film. He sneaks along with them as they make their way to the new territory, and works as a house boy for them. It was an effort, and it probably worked really well at the box office of the day. After that the film is filled with things that have aged badly and are no longer acceptable. ", Coming into Cimarron I had heard about its reputation for being one of the most dated and disliked Best Picture winners of all time. The answer to 1931 Western that was Best Picture at the fourth Academy Awards is: CIMARRON The crossword clue "1931 Western that was Best Picture at the fourth Academy Awards" published 1 time/s and has 1 unique answer/s on our system. (1931) Review, with Barbara Stanwyck | Pre-Code.Com, False Faces (1932) Review, with Lowell Sherman, Westward Passage (1932) Review, with Ann Harding and Laurence Olivier, Madame Du Barry (1934) Review, with Dolores Del Rio, The Key (1934) Review, with William Powell and Colin Clive, Secrets (1933) Review, with Mary Pickford and Leslie Howard, Pre-Code Movies on Turner Classic Movies in August 2020, Flesh (1932) Review, with Wallace Beery and Karen Morley. Unless you are trying to see all of them, this is worth skipping. Sabra’s leadership of the Oklahoma Wigwam has led the paper to becoming an institution, though Yancey’s name still appears as the editor and proprietor. Eight decades later, it is frequently cited on lists of the most undeserving Academy Award winners and is rightfully impugned for racist overtones and scattershot storytelling. I didn't find this to be the case at all. Not just politically, but across the world of pop culture as well. The racial politics of Cimarron are, for modern audiences, to be polite, mind boggling. Directed by Wesley Ruggles. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply. 1931 It would be RKO's most expensive production up to that date, and its winning of the top Oscar for Best Production would be only one of two ever won by that studio. I found myself in agreement with much of what you said here.