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Synopsis: When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a plot of the free land for himself and moves his family there from Wichita. A newspaperman, lawyer, and just about everything else, Cravat soon becomes a leading citizen of the boom town of Osage. Once the town is established, however, he begins to feel confined once again, and heads for the Cherokee Strip, leaving his family behind. During this and other absences, his wife Sabra must learn to take care of herself and soon becomes prominent in her own right.
Genre: Drama, Western
Director(s): Wesley Ruggles
Production: MGM Home Entertainment
  Won 3 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
PASSED
Year:
1931
123 min
223 Views


If you've a mind,

you can fly out of there, Elmer.

Hold it there, partner.

Hold her, don't let her buck you down.

Get away from that weeping thing.

- Why don't you do something?

- I'm doing all I can, honey.

Old Elmer's been uncorking

the red eye, I see.

Yancey, do get out of here

so we can find a place to sleep.

I'm nearly dead and so is Cim.

I'm sorry, honey. I...

Say, where's the Bixby Hotel?

Left turn.

You just passed it on the other corner.

Honey, we passed right by it. Get along.

See you later, folks.

Giddyup. Come on here, boy.

I won't bring up my boy in a town like this.

I'm going back home.

Well, don't you think you better wait

until morning, honey?

You know, a good night's sleep...

and things are gonna look

entirely different.

I'll be back soon.

Louis Hefner, one of the town's

leading merchants now, I gather.

- Hello, Yance. I'm glad to see you here.

- I'm glad to be here.

I trust the furniture end of the business

is doing better than the other.

Yeah. Only been three killings so far...

but we'll have to start a full jail

pretty soon, I guess.

- You're gambling?

- No.

Just watching where the money goes.

Yancey! Yancey Cravat!

- Old Grat!

- Yes. Come this way.

Yancey Cravat.

Why, you old letch monger.

You are still wearing that white hat.

And you're still making

lightning calculations.

- You know the boys.

- Most of them.

Esteban Miro.

So, you're Cravat, huh?

Yeah, and you?

Yountis, Lon Yountis.

- Howdy.

- Howdy.

Gents, what are you going to have?

This is on the house.

Brandy.

I'll have brandy.

- Are you going to start the newspaper?

- Yeah, Grat.

Yeah.

I understand the former editor here,

a man named Paigler, died.

Was shot in the back, huh?

What are you aiming at?

Here you are, gents.

Have another one.

All right.

Mr. Cravat, I'd like to talk to you a minute,

if you have time.

You see, I'm a printer and a darn good one.

And you see, I heard you were gonna

open up a newspaper office called...

The Oklahoma Wigwam, see.

And I'd like to have...

Well, I'd like to go to work.

- Howdy.

- Howdy.

- Howdy, Yance.

- Howdy, Bull.

- Morning.

- Morning.

Morning.

"...saffron-robed, arose from the ocean...

- "to bring light to gods and men."

- Ocean?

Yarns and laces, celluloid collars...

knotting yarn, drawstrings,

shoestrings, suspenders.

- Have you any fancy braids?

- Yes, ma'am, I have some fancy braids.

That's Sol Levy, a walking notion counter.

...suspenders, darning yarn,

celluloid collars...

Howdy, Sol.

Howdy, Mr. Cravat. Howdy, ma'am.

Yes, ma'am, here's some drawstrings...

...fancy braid and I'll give you

a real good bargain.

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Edna Ferber

Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels included the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), Cimarron (1929; made into the 1931 film which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), Giant (1952; made into the 1956 Hollywood movie) and Ice Palace (1958), filmed in 1960. more…

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