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Sarah Y. Mason is a Scriptwriter, Continuity and Additional Dialogue American born on 31 march 1896
Sarah Y. Mason est une scénariste et scripte américaine, née le 31 mars 1896 à Pima (Arizona) et morte le 28 novembre 1980 à Los Angeles.
Elle est aussi connue pour avoir remporté l'Oscar en 1934 pour le scénario du film Les Quatre Filles du docteur March, aux côtés de son époux et coscénariste Victor Heerman.
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Sarah Mason est considérée comme la première scripte de l'histoire du cinéma, métier qu'elle inventa pour le tournage du film Le Lieutenant Douglas (Arizona) avec Douglas Fairbanks en 1918.Elle est aussi connue pour avoir remporté l'Oscar en 1934 pour le scénario du film Les Quatre Filles du docteur March, aux côtés de son époux et coscénariste Victor Heerman.
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Magnificent Obsession (1954)
, 1h48Directed by Douglas Sirk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Actors Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Agnes Moorehead, Otto Kruger, Gregg Palmer
Roles Other
Rating69%
Spoiled playboy Bob Merrick's (Rock Hudson) reckless behavior causes him to lose control of his speed boat. Rescuers send for the nearest resuscitator, located in Dr. Phillips's house across the lake. While the resuscitator is being used to save Merrick, Dr. Phillips suffers a heart attack and dies. Merrick ends up a patient at Dr. Phillips's clinic, where most of the doctors and nurses resent the fact that Merrick inadvertently caused Dr. Phillips's death.
Little Women (1949)
, 2h1Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about families, Political films, Children's films
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, June Allyson, Janet Leigh, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor, Peter Lawford
Rating72%
In the small town of Concord, Massachusetts, during the Civil War, the March sisters — Meg (Janet Leigh), Jo (June Allyson), Amy (Elizabeth Taylor) and Beth (Margaret O'Brien) — live with their mother in a state of genteel poverty, their father having lost the family's fortune to an unscrupulous businessman several years earlier. While Mr. March (Leon Ames) serves in the Union Army, Mrs. March (Mary Astor), affectionately referred to as "Marmee" by her daughters, holds the family together and teaches the girls the importance of giving to those less fortunate than themselves, especially during the upcoming Christmas season. Though the spoiled and vain Amy often bemoans the family's lack of material wealth and social status, Jo, an aspiring writer, keeps everyone entertained with her stories and plays, while the youngest March, the shy and sensitive Beth, accompanies Jo's productions on an out-of-tune piano.
Golden Boy (1939)
, 1h39Directed by Rouben Mamoulian
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Films based on plays, Le boxe anglaise
Actors William Holden, Adolphe Menjou, Barbara Stanwyck, Lee J. Cobb, Joseph Calleia, Edward Brophy
Rating67%
Stella Dallas (1937)
, 1h46Directed by King Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., John Boles, Anne Shirley, Barbara O'Neil, Alan Hale
Rating73%
Stella Martin (Barbara Stanwyck), the daughter of a mill worker in a post-World War I Massachusetts factory town, is determined to better herself. She sets her sights on mill executive Stephen Dallas (John Boles) and catches him at an emotionally vulnerable time. Stephen's father killed himself after losing his fortune. Penniless, Stephen disappeared from high society, intending to marry his fiancée Helen (Barbara O'Neil) once he was financially able to support her. However, just as he reaches his goal, he reads in the newspaper the announcement of her wedding. So he marries Stella.
Magnificent Obsession (1935)
, 1h52Directed by John M. Stahl
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Actors Irene Dunne, Robert Taylor, Charles Butterworth, Sara Haden, Ralph Morgan, Henry Armetta
Rating67%
The life of spoiled Robert Merrick (Robert Taylor) is saved through the use of a hospital's only pulmotor, but because the medical device cannot be in two places at once, it results in the death of Dr. Hudson, a selfless, brilliant surgeon and generous philanthropist. Merrick falls in love with Hudson's widow, Helen (Irene Dunne), though she holds him responsible for her husband's demise. One day, he insists on driving her home and makes a pass at her. She gets out and is struck by another car, losing her sight. Merrick confronts a friend of Helen's husband, wanting to know why a beautiful young woman would marry a middle-aged man. The doctor's friend tells him that her husband had a philosophy—to help people, but never let it be known that you are the one helping them. Only then, he believed, could there be true reward in life.
Break of Hearts (1935)
, 1h18Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians
Actors Katharine Hepburn, Charles Boyer, John Beal, Jean Hersholt, Sam Hardy, Inez Courtney
Rating58%
Constance, jeune musicienne, tombe éperdument amoureuse d'un chef d'orchestre très célèbre : Frantz Roberti. Il la demande en mariage et lui jure un amour absolu. Lorsqu'elle comprend que cet amour idéal n'existe pas, elle le quitte, souffre à s'en rendre malade puis pour l'oublier, s'étourdit dans une vie mondaine qu'elle ne connaissait pas avec Johnny, le meilleur ami de son mari. Frantz se rend compte après l'avoir perdue, que la perte de cet amour le plonge dans l'abîme. Mais Johnny avoue à constance son amour et la demande en mariage. Elle comprend alors qu'elle n'a jamais cessé d'aimer Frantz.
The Little Minister (1934)
, 1h50Directed by Richard Wallace
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Katharine Hepburn, John Beal, Alan Hale, Donald Crisp, Lumsden Hare, Andy Clyde
Rating61%
Set in rural 1840s Scotland, the plot focuses on labor and class issues while telling the story of Gavin Dishart, a staid cleric newly assigned to Thrums' Auld Licht church, and Babbie, a member of the nobility who disguises herself as a gypsy girl in order to interact freely with the local villagers and protect them from her guardian, Lord Rintoul, who wants to keep them under his control. Initially the conservative Dishart is appalled by the feisty girl, but he soon comes to appreciate her inner goodness. Their romantic liaison scandalizes the townspeople, and the minister's position is jeopardized until Babbie's true identity is revealed.
The Age of Innocence (1934)
, 1h21Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Irene Dunne, John Boles, Lionel Atwill, Laura Hope Crews, Helen Westley, Julie Haydon
Rating61%
At his 1875 engagement party, the wealthy Newland Archer (John Boles) is surprised to meet his childhood friend Ellen (Irene Dunne), beautiful and grown up and now Countess Olenska. Olenska is the cousin of his fiancee May (Julie Haydon) and is considered scandalous by the strait-laced society of the time. Newland, however, treats her well and sends her two dozen yellow roses. Olenska turns to Newland for advice about a possible divorce.
Little Women (1933)
, 1h57Directed by John Lodge, George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about families, Political films, Children's films
Actors Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Jean Parker, Frances Dee, Douglass Montgomery, Edna May Oliver
Rating71%
Set in Concord, Massachusetts, during and after the American Civil War, the film is a series of vignettes focusing on the struggles and adventures of the four March sisters and their mother, affectionately known as Marmee (Spring Byington), while they await the return of their father, who serves as a colonel and a chaplain in the Union Army. Spirited tomboy Jo (Katharine Hepburn), who caters to the whims of their well-to-do Aunt March (Edna May Oliver), dreams of becoming a famous author, and she writes plays for her sisters to perform for the local children. Amy (Joan Bennett) is pretty but selfish, Meg (Frances Dee) works as a seamstress, and sensitive Beth (Jean Parker) practices on her clavichord, an aging instrument sorely in need of tuning.
Chance at Heaven (1933)
, 1h11Directed by William A. Seiter, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Ginger Rogers, Joel McCrea, Marian Nixon, Andy Devine, Lucien Littlefield, George Meeker
Rating59%
An ambitious mechanic is tempted to desert his wonderful girlfriend when a silly but rich debutante falls for him.
Shopworn (1932)
, 1h12Directed by Nick Grinde
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Regis Toomey, Zasu Pitts, Lucien Littlefield, Oscar Apfel, Clara Blandick
Roles Story
Rating63%
Waitress Kitty Lane (Stanwyck) and wealthy David Livingston (Toomey) fall in love. However his overly protective mother Helen (Clara Blandick) does not approve and does everything she can to break them up. She has her friend Judge Forbes (Oscar Apfel) first try bribery; when that fails, he arranges to have her jailed on a bogus morals charge. Meanwhile, Mrs. Livingston convinces her son that Kitty took the $5000 bribe.
The Age of Consent (1932)
, 1h3Directed by Gregory La Cava
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Dorothy Wilson, Arline Judge, Richard Cromwell, Eric Linden, John Halliday, Aileen Pringle
Rating60%
Mike Harvey (Cromwell) and Betty Cameron (Wilson) are college sweethearts at a New York college. They are so anxious to consummate their relationship that Mike suggests that the two of them quit college, get married and move to California where a friend of his has offered him a job. Both Mike's mentor, Professor Matthews, and Betty talk him out of it. In a funk, Mike goes to the local diner.
The Man in Possession (1931)
, 1h24Directed by Sam Wood, W. P. Kellino
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Robert Montgomery, Charlotte Greenwood, Lupino Lane, Alan Mowbray, Maude Eburne, C. Aubrey Smith
Roles Adaptation
Rating69%
Raymond Dabney (Montgomery) returns to a mixed reaction from his middle-class family in London after serving a prison sentence for stealing a motorcar. His mother (Beryl Mercer) and the family servant (Maude Eburne) are delighted to see him, but his father (C. Aubrey Smith) and brother Claude (Reginald Owen) are less so. His father is particularly disappointed in him, having sent him to Cambridge. The two men offer him £500 to leave the country and never return; it seems Claude is engaged to a rich widow, and they are anxious to avoid any scandal that might endanger the marriage. Raymond turns it down, however, and departs the same day.
They Learned About Women (1930)
, 1h35Directed by Jack Conway, Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Bessie Love, J. C. Nugent, George Davis, Benny Rubin, Tom Dugan, Harry Bernard
Roles Ecrivain du scénario
Rating53%
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The Girl Said No (1930)
Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors William Haines, Leila Hyams, Polly Moran, Marie Dressler, Francis X. Bushman, Jr., Clara Blandick
Roles Writer
Rating52%
Tom Ward, a cocky young football hero, returns home after graduation determined to conquer the world. He begins a flirtation with Mary Howe, secretary to his rival, McAndrews, and in a restaurant he bribes a waiter to spill soup on her employer. Although offered a local banking job, Tom stakes his fortunes on a scheme to sell bonds to wealthy old Hattie Brown, a befuddled spinster, and achieves the difficult task while posing as a doctor by getting her drunk. Finally, desperate over Mary's engagement to McAndrews, Tom kidnaps her from the altar. In a chase finale she is convinced that he loves her.