Cimarron

I know this gets VERY maligned these days as one of the very worst winners ever of the Best Picture Oscar, especially considering 'The Front Page' was the definitive best of those nominated that year, at the 4th Academy Awards ceremony (and that great films such as 'City Lights', 'Morocco' and 'Frankenstein' didn't even get nominated), but if you can take away Richard Dix's horrible overacting (I can't believe he was even nominated for Best Actor that year!) and uneven, sometimes lethargic or indifferent pacing and direction, certain scenes really pack a wallop, I'm glad that I watched it, and…

This movie was a wonder of it's time ... for sets, for realism and for a great supporting cast. The problem with the film is the main character, who turns out to be the worst, most self-centered egotist ever captured on screen. And we are supposed to idolize him. He betrayed everything that the Code of the West stood for , but as i want to avoid spoilers, you'll just have to believe me on that. But we are supposed to applaud him. I felt sorry for Irene Dunne, made to play this jerk's wife. Later in her life Dunne openly admitted she **could not stand Yancey's behavior**. She noted that in…