 Little Women 1949  N/R, 121 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Romance
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Elizabeth Taylor, Mary Astor, Janet Leigh, Margaret O'Brien, Rossano Brazzi, Lucile Watson, C. Aubrey Smith, Elizabeth Patterson, Leon Ames, Harry Davenport, Ellen Corby, Connie Gilchrist, Richard Wyler
Louisa May Alcott's story relates the good and bad times of young sisters–Meg (Janet Leigh), Jo (June Allyson), Amy (Elizabeth Taylor), and Beth (Margaret O'Brien)–growing up during the Civil War. They are home in New England with their mother Marmee (Mary Astor) and waiting for news from their father (Leon Ames) who is serving as chaplain for the Union forces at the war front. The story continues on after the war with Beth's death, Meg's and Amy's marriages, and Jo finding her true love in Professor Bhaer (Rossano Brazzi).
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 Little Women 1933  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Romance
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas, Frances Dee, Edna May Oliver, Jean Parker, Henry Stephenson, Spring Byington, Samuel S. Hinds, John Lodge, Douglass Montgomery, Nydia Westman, Harry Beresford, Mabel Colcord, Marion Ballou
Four New England sisters–Meg (Frances Dee), Jo (Katharine Hepburn), Beth (Jean Parker), and Amy (Joan Bennett)–learn to grow and survive under the loving care of their mother, Marmee (Spring Byington) while their beloved father (Samuel S. Hinds) is serving as a chaplain for the Union forces during the Civil War. This is the first film version of Louisa May Alcott's famous book, and it was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture and Director.
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Little Women 1994  PG, 118 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Romance
Director: Gillian Armstrong
Cast: Winona Ryder, Gabriel Byrne, Trini Alvarado, Samantha Mathis, Kirsten Dunst, Claire Danes, Mary Wickes, Susan Sarandon, Eric Stoltz, Christian Bale, John Neville, Florence Patterson, Robin Collins, Corrie Clark, Rebecca Toolan
Louisa May Alcott's delightful story of the New England, March sisters–Meg (Trini Alvarado), Jo (Winona Ryder), Amy (Samantha Mathis), and Beth (Claire Danes)–growing up during the Civil War era is once again interpreted for the screen. Fans of "Little Women" should add this to their list of "must sees." Winona Ryder was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress. 1 User Review
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 Little Women 1978 TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Lowell Rich
Cast: Meredith Baxter, Susan Dey, Ann Dusenberry, Greer Garson, Dorothy McGuire, Eve Plumb, William Shatner, Robert Young, Cliff Potts, John de Lancie, Richard Gilliland, William Schallert, Virginia Gregg, Joyce Bulifant, Carlene Watkins
This is a good TV adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's famous novel about the four March sisters–Meg (Meredith Baxter), Jo (Susan Dey), Amy (Ann Dusenberry), and Beth (Eve Plumb)–growing up in the Civil War era. Dorothy McGuire and Greer Garson are particularly good in their roles as Marmee and Aunt Katherine March.
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| Oscars: Best Actress for Butterfield 8 (1960), Best Actress for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) |
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| Oscar: Best Supporting Actress for The Great Lie (1941) |
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| Oscar: Best Director for My Fair Lady (1964) |
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| Oscars: Best Actress for Morning Glory (1933), Best Actress for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), Best Actress for The Lion in Winter (1968), Best Actress for On Golden Pond (1981) |
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| Oscar: Best Actor for Watch on the Rhine (1943) |
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| Oscar: Best Actress for Mrs. Miniver (1942) |
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