Winner '30–'31: First Saw It:		Cimarron July 6, 1999, on home video
		Bridesmaids:		East Lynne, The Front Page, Skippy, Trader Horn
		My Vote:		The Front Page is the most accomplished, though I don't love it
		Overlooked:		City Lights, Earth, Min and Bill, Honor Among Lovers, Other Men's Women

Cimarron

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Director: Wesley Ruggles. Cast: Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Estelle Taylor, Roscoe Ates, George E. Stone, Edna May Oliver, Eugene Jackson, William Collier, Jr., Stanley Fields, Nance O'Neil, Nancy Dover, Helen Parrish, Don Dillaway, Junior Johnson, Dolores Brown. Screenplay: Howard Estabrook (based on the novel by Edna Ferber and selected prose by A.B. MacDonald and Fred E. Sutton).

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Photo © 1931 RKO Radio Pictures

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: C

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Academy Award Nominations and Winners:
★	Best Picture
	Best Director: Wesley Ruggles
	Best Actress: Irene Dunne
	Best Actor: Richard Dix
★	Best Writing, Adaptation: Howard Estabrook
	Best Cinematography: Edward Cronjager
★	Best Art Direction: Max Rée

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