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A newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century.A newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century.A newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century.
- Won 3 Oscars
- 5 wins & 4 nominations total
Roscoe Ates
- Jesse Rickey
- (as Rosco Ates)
Judith Barrett
- Donna Cravat
- (as Nancy Dover)
Max Barwyn
- Sabra's Luncheon Greeter
- (uncredited)
Frank Beal
- Louis Venable
- (uncredited)
Tyrone Brereton
- Dabney Venable
- (uncredited)
Dolores Brown
- Adult Ruby Big Elk
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Wesley Ruggles(uncredited)
- Writers
- Edna Ferber
- Howard Estabrook(screen version)
- Louis Sarecky(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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Did you know
- TriviaThe first Western to win a Best Picture Oscar. It would be another 59 years before a Western would win the Academy Award for Best Picture again when Dances with Wolves (1990) took the main prize.
- GoofsDuring the period of the film set in 1907, Yancey is the Progressive Party's candidate for governor of Oklahoma. The Progressive Party did not form until 1912, and then disbanded after Theodore Roosevelt's unsuccessful third party candidacy that year.
- Quotes
Mrs. Tracy Wyatt: One of my ancestors was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Sol Levy: That's all right. A relative of mine, a fellow named Moses, wrote the Ten Commandments.
- ConnectionsEdited into Land of the Open Range (1942)
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very good in its day--doesn't translate well to the 21st century
This is a Western and Westerns don't usually get Best Picture Oscars, but coming out in 1931, the Academy was apparently much more willing to bestow this honor on this type of film. Unfortunately, when seen today, the film seems terribly ordinary and possessing relatively lousy sound. However, some of this can't be blamed on the picture. Poor sound was a problem with many movies from 1927-1931. Plus, a lot of the clichés you see in this Western weren't clichés when the film premiered. Still, even when you consider this, I find it really hard to imagine that this movie was indeed the best film of the year because it just doesn't seem that out of the ordinary. Sorry, but I wasn't bowled over by this story--it seems like just another early Western.
For a better Western film starring Richard Dix, try THE CONQUERORS. The sound is much better and the story is far more engaging.
For a better Western film starring Richard Dix, try THE CONQUERORS. The sound is much better and the story is far more engaging.
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- planktonrules
- May 24, 2006
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- Budget
- $1,433,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours 3 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.20 : 1
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