Sarah Y. Mason
Sarah Y. Mason | |
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 Mason in 1920 | |
| Born | Sarah Yeiser Mason March 31, 1896 |
| Died | November 28, 1980(aged 84) Los Angeles,California,U.S. |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1918–1949 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Sarah Y. Mason(March 31, 1896 – November 28, 1980) was an Academy Award winning Americanscreenwriterandscript supervisor.[1]
Biography[edit]
Mason was born Sarah Yeiser Mason inPima, Arizona.She and her husbandVictor Heermanwon theAcademy Award for best screenplay adaptationfor their adaptation for the 1933 filmLittle Women,based on the novel byLouisa May Alcott.
After that success, she and Heerman were the first screenwriters involved in early, never-produced scripts commissioned for what would become MGM'sPride and Prejudice(1940 film).[2]Mason's career is also notable as she was the very firstscript supervisorin Hollywood, having invented the craft offilm continuitywhen the industry switched fromsilent filmtotalkies.[3][4][5]
She and Heerman married in 1921. She died at age 84 in Los Angeles and was cremated. Victor and Sarah had two children, Catharine Anliss Heerman, an artist and teacher of art in Southern California who was previously married to record producerLester Koenig;[6]and Victor, Jr., a successful breeder of thoroughbred racehorses.[7]The Academy Award forLittle Womenremains with the family.
Partial filmography[edit]
- Arizona(1918) (continuity)
- Bound in Morocco(1918) (continuity)
- The Poor Simp(1920) (scenario)
- Held In Trust(1920) (scenario)
- The Chicken in the Case(1921)
- A Divorce of Convenience(1921)
- The Girl from Nowhere(1921)
- Modern Matrimony(1923)
- Backstage(1927)
- Cradle Snatchers(1927) (scenario)
- The Broadway Melody(1929) (continuity)
- Alias Jimmy Valentine(1928) (continuity)
- Little Women(1933) (screenplay)
- The Age of Innocence(1934) (screenplay)
- Imitation of Life(1934) (uncredited)
- The Little Minister(1934) (screenplay)
- Break of Hearts(1935) (screen play)
- Magnificent Obsession(1935) (screenplay)
- Stella Dallas(1937) (screenplay)
- Golden Boy(1939) (screenplay)
- Pride and Prejudice(1940) (uncredited)
- Meet Me in St. Louis:1944 (uncredited)
- Little Women(1949) (screenplay)
- A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob(1941) (uncredited)
- Magnificent Obsession(1954) (based upon the screenplay by)
References[edit]
- ^Vazzana, Eugene Michael (2001).Silent Film Necrology.McFarland,ISBN9780786410590
- ^Looser, Devoney (2017).The Making of Jane Austen.Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 130.ISBN978-1421422824.
- ^Schallert, Edwin (February 4, 1929).Wow of a sound film on screen.Los Angeles Times
- ^Staff report (April 7, 1929). Rivoli To Have 'Fancy Baggage.'Baltimore Sun
- ^The Official Tumblr of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences."Sarah Y. Mason Seen Here at the Typewriter
- ^"Biography: Catharine Aanliss Heerman(February 5, 1922 - April 4, 2007) by John KoenigNovember 24, 2007
- ^Daily Racing Forum: "Heerman, prominent bloodstock agent, dies at 89"July 11, 2014
External links[edit]
- Sarah Y. MasonatIMDb
- Sarah Y. Masonat the Women Film Pioneers Project
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