Animal Crackers
1930
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Victor Eugene 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.
Victor Heerman. Writer: Little Women. Victor Heerman 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's head costumer.
Noted bloodstock agent Victor Heerman Jr. died July 2 at his home in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., The Blood-Horse reports. He was 89.
Animal Crackers is a 1930 American pre-Code Marx Brothers comedy film directed by Victor Heerman. The film stars the Marx Brothers, ( Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo ), with Lillian Roth and Margaret Dumont, based on the Marxes’ Broadway musical of the same name.
Animal Crackers: Directed by Victor Heerman. With The Marx Brothers, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx. Mayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Spaulding.
Victor Eugene Heerman was an English-American film director, screenwriter, and film producer. 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 ...
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.
Heerman began his career in the mid-teens directing Mack Sennett shorts before graduating to light, breezy features in 1920. He is perhaps best known for the Marx Brothers vehicle, "Animal Crackers" (1930). Heerman concentrated on screenwriting from the early 1930s and won an Oscar for "Little...
Victor Heerman (August 27, 1893 – November 3, 1977) was an English-American film director, screenwriter, and film producer. 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.
Victor Heerman was one of a number of Cranleighans who made a name in the early days of Hollywood, although in his case it was not in front of the camera. He is also the only Cranleighan to win an Oscar.
