Bibliograph

Cimarron, writer, Arnold Schulman ; director, Anthony Mann

Type

Label

Cimarron, writer, Arnold Schulman ; director, Anthony Mann

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Cimarron

Medium

videorecording

Oclc number

1159716200

Responsibility statement

writer, Arnold Schulman ; director, Anthony Mann

Runtime

147

Summary

April 22, 1889. Tens of thousands of hopeful homesteaders are poised at the Oklahoma border, waiting for the gunshots that will send them on a fevered dash to claim a share of two million acres free for the taking. The spectacular Oklahoma Land Rush is just one of many pivotal moments in this rousing saga based on the novel by Edna Ferber. It is an epic tale set where towns spring up, black gold rains, greed vies with goodness, and settlers sink roots into a land big enough to hold their dreamsEpic 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

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Edna Ferber's Cimarron

Classification