Victor Eugene Heerman (August 27, 1893 – November 3, 1977) was an English-American

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, and film producer.Vazzana, Eugene Michael (2001). ''Silent Film Necrology.'' McFarland, After writing and directing short comedies for Mack Sennett, Heerman teamed with his wife Sarah Y. Mason to win the

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of Louisa May Alcott's novel '' Little Women'' in 1933. He is probably best-known to film buffs as director of the

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' second film, '' Animal Crackers'' (1930). He and Mason were the first screenwriters involved in early, never-produced scripts commissioned for what would become MGM's '' Pride and Prejudice''.

Life and career

As director

*'' She Loved a Sailor'' (1916, short) *'' Are Waitresses Safe?'': 1917, short) *'' A Maiden's Trust'': (1917, short) *'' Pinched in the Finish'': 1917, short) *'' Stars and Bars'': (1917, short) *'' Watch Your Neighbor'' (1918, short) *'' His Naughty Wife'' (1919, short) *''

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'' (1920, short) *'' The River's End'' (1920) *'' Don't Ever Marry'' (1920) *'' The Poor Simp'' (1920) *'' My Boy'' (1921) *'' The Chicken in the Case'' (1921) * '' A Divorce of Convenience'' (1921) *'' John Smith'' (1922) *'' Love Is an Awful Thing'' (1922) *'' Modern Marriage'' (1923) *'' Rupert of Hentzau'' (1923) *'' The Dangerous Maid'' (1923) *'' The Confidence Man'' (1924) *'' Old Home Week'' (1925) *'' Irish Luck'' (1925) *'' For Wives Only'' (1926) *'' Rubber Heels'' (1927) *'' Ladies Must Dress'' (1927) *'' Love Hungry'' (1928) *'' Paramount on Parade'': (1930, sequence director) *''

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'' (1930) *'' Animal Crackers'' (1930) *'' Sea Legs'' (1930) *'' The Stolen Jools'': (1931, short)

As writer

*'' Magnificent Obsession'': 1954 (based upon the screenplay by) *'' Little Women'': 1949 (screenplay) *'' Meet Me in St. Louis'': 1944 (uncredited) *'' A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob'': 1941 (uncredited) *'' Pride and Prejudice'': 1940 (uncredited) *'' Golden Boy'': 1939 (screenplay) *'' Stella Dallas'': 1937 (screenplay) *'' Magnificent Obsession'': 1935 (screenplay) *'' Break of Hearts'': 1935 (screenplay) *'' The Little Minister'': 1934 (screenplay) *'' Imitation of Life'': 1934 (uncredited) *'' The Age of Innocence'': 1934 (screenplay) *'' Little Women'': 1933 (screenplay) *''

'': 1930 *'' Love Hungry'': 1928 (story) *'' Ladies Must Dress'': 1927 (story) *'' Modern Matrimony'': 1923 (story) *'' Love Is an Awful Thing'': 1922 *'' John Smith'': 1922 (story) *'' My Boy'': 1921 *'' A Divorce of Convenience'':, 1921 (story) *'' The Chicken in the Case'': 1921 (story)

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* * 1893 births 1977 deaths English film directors British comedy film directors English male screenwriters English film producers Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award winners 20th-century English screenwriters 20th-century English male writers 20th-century English businesspeople {{UK-screenwriter-stub