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The First Western To Win Best Picture At The Oscars
SlashFilmStory by staff@slashfilm.com (Witney Seibold)
scrn logline
After decades of Westerns getting the cold shoulder, a controversial classic becomes the first of the genre to take home the coveted Best Picture Oscar.
beat sheet
- The Western that made Oscars history is the 1931 film 'Cimarron,' which has since been widely panned as one of the weakest winners in the ceremony's long history.
- This unexpected victory for the Western genre at the Oscars came at a time when the public's appetite for the classic American cowboy tale was waning, making the win all the more surprising.
call sheet
'Cimarron'