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1931 Oscar-winning Western based on an Edna Ferber novel
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cimarron
Alternative clues for the word cimarron
- Wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns
- 1960 Glenn Ford western
- 1931 Best Picture
- Best Picture winner based on an Edna Ferber novel
- Edna Ferber territory
- A river that rises in northeastern New Mexico and flows eastward into Oklahoma where it becomes a tributary of the Arkansas River
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Population (2000): 917 Housing Units (2000): 449 Land area (2000): 1.912419 sq. miles (4.953142 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.912419 sq. miles (4.953142 sq. km) FIPS code: 15440 Located within: New ...
Wikipedia
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Cimarron is a novel by Edna Ferber , published in 1929 and based on development in Oklahoma after the Land Rush. The book was adapted into a critically acclaimed film of the same name in 1931 through RKO Pictures . In 1960 , the story was again adapted ...
Usage examples of cimarron.
Jarrett had a natural curiosity about people, and in his traveling, when he had come across the right person for a certain position at Cimarron, he had hired that man or woman on.
And the entire household is about to meet the new mistress of Cimarron clad in a nightgown!
She refused to own slaves herself, and like Cimarron, the Patterson property had been worked by free men of many different colors and shades.
In no time they were riding onto the lawn of Cimarron, and Tara was amazed to realize how happy she was to see the house again.
IN LATER days Tara would think of the time when they first came back to Cimarron as pure magic.
Like Cimarron the house had been planned around a central hall or breezeway.
TARA DID little but move about Cimarron in a mechanical way the first few days after Jarrett left, but on the fourth morning, as she sat at the dressing table brushing her hair, she suddenly remembered what Robert had come to tell them.
Without Jarrett at Cimarron she not only felt laden down by the wretched way that they had parted, but she was lonely and anxious as well, and she longed to be with people.
They left Cimarron early in the morning and arrived near the village just in the afternoon.
The saloon was closed, most all the lights were out in Cimarron as he stood staring out into the darkness.
Most of Cimarron had settled down for the night, except for the bang of the piano echoing from the saloon.
It would be better for both of them if he left Cimarron as soon as he recovers.
Days on a horse, riding beside a man who had done little more than grunt at her on the return trip, and knowing what awaited her in Cimarron had worn her out completely.
By afternoon every business in Cimarron had closed its doors so the people could pay their respects.
Both sides had severe losses and as their numbers were diminished, they were replaced by the eager, available ruffians waiting in Cimarron for the opportunity to get paid for killing each other.