Cimarron 1931  N/R, 131 min.
Genre: Drama / Western
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Estelle Taylor, Nance O'Neil, William Collier Jr., Roscoe Ates, George E. Stone, Robert McWade, Edna May Oliver, Frank Darien, Stanley Fields, Judith Barrett, Eugene Jackson, Frank Beal, Helen Parrish
This early sound film won the Academy Award for Best Picture and is based on Edna Ferber's novel about the hardships faced by Yancey and Sabra Cravat (Richard Dix and Irene Dunne) staking a land claim during the Oklahoma land rush. Yancey starts a newspaper business and crusades for justice. His efforts lead to long separations from Sabra, which prove fatal for the marriage, and Yancey leaves Sabra and their children to continue his "quick draw" brand of justice. With help from her friend, Mrs. Wyatt (Edna May Oliver), Sabra takes over the newspaper business and turns it into a powerful empire.
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Phantom Thunderbolt 1933  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Alan James
Cast: Ken Maynard, Frances Lee, Frank Rice, William Gould, Bob Kortman, William Robyns, Frank Beal, Wilfred Lucas, Harry Holman, Horace B. Carpenter, Arthur Hoyt
Coyote Gulch is in competition with another town to get the railroad franchise, and the other town hires a gang to harass the citizens of Coyote Gulch. But Coyote Gulch hires Ken (Ken Maynard)–posing as gunfighter Thunderbolt Kid–to help fight off the gang.
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| 1. Cimarron (1931)
2. Phantom Thunderbolt (1933)
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