Sarah Y. Mason

Writing

Sarah Y. Mason

Born March 31, 1896 · Pima, Arizona, USA

Died November 28, 1980 · aged 84

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sarah Y. Mason (March 31, 1896 – November 28, 1980) was an American screenwriter and script supervisor. Mason was born Sarah Yeiser Mason in Pima, Arizona. She and her husband Victor Heerman won the Academy Award for best screenplay adaptation for their adaptation for the 1933 film Little Women, based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott. Mason was one of the f…

Known For

Little WomenLittle Women · 1949
Little Women
★ 7.41949
MovieRomanceDrama
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
Meet Me in St. LouisMeet Me in St. Louis · 1944
Meet Me in St. Louis
★ 7.01944
MovieComedyDrama
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.
Little WomenLittle Women · 1933
Little Women
★ 6.81933
MovieDramaFamily
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
Magnificent ObsessionMagnificent Obsession · 1954
Magnificent Obsession
★ 6.81954
MovieDramaRomance
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, Helen, falling in love with her in the process.
The Little MinisterThe Little Minister · 1934
The Little Minister
★ 5.81934
MovieDramaRomance
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 minister's relationship with this feisty, passionate young woman, who holds a secret about the village's nobleman, Lord Milford Rintoul, and his role in an increasingly fractious labor dispute.
Golden BoyGolden Boy · 1939
Golden Boy
★ 6.61939
MovieDramaRomance
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.
ShopwornShopworn · 1932
Shopworn
★ 6.71932
MovieDramaRomance
A waitress falls for a wealthy young man but has to fight his mother to find happiness.
The Broadway MelodyThe Broadway Melody · 1929
The Broadway Melody
★ 5.11929
MovieMusicRomance
The vaudeville act of Harriet and Queenie Mahoney comes to Broadway, where their friend Eddie Kerns needs them for his number in one of Francis Zanfield's shows. When Eddie meets Queenie, he soon falls in love with her—but she is already being courted by Jock Warriner, a member of New York high society. Queenie eventually recognizes that, to Jock, she is nothing more than a toy, and that Eddie is in love with her.

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One Hour of LoveOne Hour of Love · 1927
One Hour of Love
★ 9.01927
MovieDramaRomance
Jerry McKay (Jacqueline Logan), a spoiled and willful society girl, on the eve of a flighty engagement, decides to accompany her father to inspect some property he owns, managed by a handsome young engineer, James Warren (Robert Frazer). Jerry demonstrates her prowess as a marksman, though Warren has forbidden the use of firearms; and Tom Webb (Henry Sedley), an unscrupulous rancher, accuses Warren of inciting his men against him. Warren's stern rebuking infuriates Jerry, and she bets her friends that she can get him to propose within a week. She succeeds in winning his approval and then falls in love with him, but they are temporarily parted when he learns of the wager. She returns, however, to seek his forgiveness.

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