Victor Heerman

Victor Heerman (August 27, 1893 – November 3, 1977) was an English-American film director, screenwriter and film producer.[1] After writing and directing short comedies for Mack Sennett, Heerman teamed with his wife Sarah Y. Mason to win the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay of Louisa May Alcott's novel Little Women in 1933. He directed the Marx Brothers' second film, Animal Crackers, in 1930.

Movies Made By Victor Heerman (11)

Magnificent Obsession (1954)

Reckless playboy Bob Merrick crashes his speedboat, requiring emergency attention from the town's only resuscitator while a local hero, Dr. Phillips, dies waiting for the life-saving device. Merrick then tries to right his wrongs with the doctor's widow, H ...

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Little Women (1949)

Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War. ...

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Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

A year in the life of a turn-of-the-century middle class family, leading up to the opening of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. ...

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Golden Boy (1939)

Despite his talent as a musician, a city boy decides to become a boxer. He's successful as a fighter — much to the dismay of his father. When gangsters try to buy a piece of him, he begins to have second thoughts. ...

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Stella Dallas (1937)

A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future. ...

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Magnificent Obsession (1935)

A playboy tries to redeem himself after his careless behavior causes a great man's death. ...

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Break of Hearts (1935)

Constance, a poor but aspiring composer, meets the great conductor, Franz, through their old music teacher. They fall in love, despite Constance knowing about Franz's weakness for pretty women. ...

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The Little Minister (1934)

The stoic, proper Rev. Gavin Dishart, newly assigned to a church in the small Scottish village of Thrums, finds himself unexpectedly falling for one of his parishioners, the hot-blooded Gypsy girl Babbie. A village-wide scandal soon erupts over the ministe ...

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