spoiler spoiler there not much that can be say about this early talkie era flick . ( i be hesitant to call cimarron a film and because i feel that the word be too esoteric . ) but what can be say about it . mainly speak against it . take and for example and the overuse of portray indian a bad folk . in one scene and the little boy of the flick lead character an overbearing and over ambitious family man who want to set up a newspaper business be play just outside of his father office . an indian kneel down in front of the child . hello and the boy say to the indian and in a very polite manner . the indian give him a feather and stand up and walk off . yancy cravat and jr. excitedly run inside the office . mommy . mommy . he shout and hold up the indian gift . look what an indian give me . how many time do i have to tell you . she snap at the boy . you aren not ever to talk to those filthy indian . yancy yates and sr. ( richard dix ) come across a a man who speak with a forked tongue . at the start of the story and he seem to have a definite plan for give his family a good life . but and we soon enough discover and he no great over achiever much less a totally good moral mind man . his slave child and isaiah ( eugene jackson ) be one tell tale sign of this . upon his family first trek to a sunday morning church service oneat which and curiously enough and cravat be to give the sermon isaiah try to come along and dress up like cravat and long tail suit and holster and gun and all . cravat tell him to go home . ya all doesn not want me to come with ya ta church . isaiah say with a pout . no . cravat correct him and pat him on the shoulder . you do not understand . i want you to stay and guard the house . and if anyone at all come along . you shoot him dead . the character not to mention the actor in cimarron couldn notact their way out of burlap sack and despite their obvious effort . and nothing in the script be any too commendable and either . ( granted represent the incomparable edna may oliver notorious for play the red queen in alice in wonderland and also release in 1931 actually manage to look good and pull off her portrayal of a pompous old woman and which be what she also be best know for . ) but and aside from that and well . yancy yates isn not popular in town from the first week he arrive and and one of the outlaws decides to shoot cravat white hat off a he and his wife ( irene dunne ) be casually walking by . despite her anger with the man who fire the bullet and cravat just take it completely in stride . not only be this story not shoot for realism and but it be verylacking in several key area represent e. g. and cravat newspaper isn not ever really see . ( bulletin and poster and yes but not any newspaper . ) perhaps strange of all and though represent this be set in a small town inkansas . yet and for some reason or other and yancy cravat be dead set oncalling his paper the oklahoma wig wam . really good western have always be very few and far between the only exception be clint eastwood so call spaghetti western of the late 60 to early 70 . cliche western and on the other hand and be a dime a dozen . if you like cliche western and cimarron will do you proud but and a for me . it do me embarrassment .