MacGuffin Movies Posted by RBuccicone on February 25, 2013

Cimarron (1931) This week I will review two Best Picture winners that had they been released in another year would not have stood a chance for the Academy’s top award. First is the 1931 winner Cimarron. This western about settling the Oklahoma territory is also the saga of a family...   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on November 3, 2011

Classic Films in Context: Cimarron 1931 First edition of the classic In 1929, author Edna Ferber (1885 – 1968) published a colossal bestseller about the settling of what would eventually become Oklahoma. Ferber, who grew up in Appleton, Wisconsin, saw first-hand the settling and develo   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on November 3, 2011

Classic Films in Context: Cimarron 1931 First edition of the classic In 1929, author Edna Ferber (1885 – 1968) published a colossal bestseller about the settling of what would eventually become Oklahoma. Ferber, who grew up in Appleton, Wisconsin, saw first-hand the settling and develo   read more

The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on November 29, 2010

Today our elders may tell stories from WWII or The Great Depression; it’s rare to find anyone alive to tell us about the first World War.  Children of the 1930’s could hear stories of the old west from their grandparents.  Tales of covered wagons across the plains and the wild...   read more