Cimarron (1931 film) being "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?") to receive nominations in every eligible category. It won for three of them, including Best Picture. It would win the first of only two Best Picture Oscars for the studio, the other being awarded to 1946's "The Best Years of Our Lives". It was the first Western to win the Best Picture award, and it would not be until 1990 when "Dances with Wolves" won, that another Western would garner that honor. Cimarron (1931 film) Cimarron is a 1931 Pre-Code Western film directed by Wesley Ruggles, starring Richard Dix and Irene Dunne, and featuring
Academy Award for Best Picture two films were shot back-to-back. Several musical adaptations based on material previously filmed in non-musical form have won Best Picture, including "Gigi", "West Side Story", "My Fair Lady", "The Sound of Music", "Oliver!", and "Chicago". "The Artist" (with the exception of a single scene of dialogue, and dream sequence with sound effects) was the first silent film since "Wings" to win Best Picture. It was the first silent nominee since 1928's "The Patriot". It was the first Best Picture winner to be shot entirely in black-and-white since 1960's "The Apartment." ("Schindler's List", the 1993 winner, was predominantly black-and-white but it