the selection of the bloated and boring and and racist cimarron rank a the bad choice for best picture in oscar history . poorly acted ( particularly by the justly forget richard dix and whose performance a the self center and irresponsible yancey cravat rank a one of the most narcissistic characterization in screen history ) and leadenly pace and the film be truly shock today because of the racist slant towards it one black character and who be introduce by be show sleep in a chandelier . other comment by imdb reviewer have dismiss the attitude towards this character a be merely date and but many film that appear during this period do not depict black a shuffling and lazy mental deficients in the manner that this behemoth take great delight in while so that argument seem weak to say the least . but whether you regard this demean characterization a in shockingly bad taste for anyone at any time or merely the forgivable ignorance of a less educated era and it be very painful to watch with 21st century eye . but even this might not matter if the film weren not the overlong bore that it be . vote the best picture oscar at the 1930/31 academy award when such endure classic a city light and the public enemy and dracula and the dawn patrol and the blue angel fail to be nominate and cimarron be by far the bad selection to join the oscar pantheon .