Victor Heerman

'Victor Heerman' (qv) was one of four brothers. His mother was a theatrical costumer. His father abandoned the family, and his mother moved the family to New York from London around the turn of the century to take a job as 'David Belasco' (qv)'s head costumer. Heerman moved to Los Angeles in 1911 to get into the movie business. He worked for 'Mack Sennett' (qv), among others, writing and directing two-reelers. While working for 'Douglas Fairbanks' (qv) on a location shoot in Arizona, he met 'Sarah Y. Mason' (qv), one of 11 children of a railroad employee. She wanted to join the production as an actress, but although quite beautiful, she couldn't act--even though this was in the silent era. She did come to Hollywood as a kind of script girl/production assistant. Heerman and Mason were soon married and had two children, Catherine (born 2/5/22) (godparents 'Mary Pickford' (qv) and Fairbanks) and 'Victor Heerman' (qv) Jr. Heerman and Mason worked as a writing team (winning an Oscar for best screenplay adaptation for _Little Women (1933)_ (qv)). Heerman was also active as a director (_Animal Crackers (1930)_ (qv)).::John Koenig <koenig@lafn.org> (qv's & corrections by A. Nonymous)