Cimarron [videorecording] / Radio Pictures presents ; produced by William LeBaron ; a Wesley Ruggles production ; screen version & dialogue by Howard Estabrook.
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). Originally produced as a motion picture in 1931. Based on the novel by Edna Ferber. Special features: vintage musical short 'The devil's cabaret'; classic cartoon 'Red-headed baby'.
Summary:
Epic western about the Cravat family settling the Oklahoma prairie. Yancy Cravat is a newspaperman and lawyer who helps found the town of Osage. An adventurer, he finds town-life stifling and seeks his thrills even further into the frontier. His wife ends up becoming a town leader when his absences leave her no other choice.
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