Little Men Summary
Director: Phil Rosen
Genres: Drama
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This follow-up to RKO Radio's near-perfect adaptation of Little_Women was produced by small but enterprising Mascot Pictures (the forerunner to Republic). Erin O'Brien-Moore and Ralph_Morgan star as Jo March and Professor Bhaer, the characters played by Katharine_Hepburn and Paul_Lukas in Little_Women. Now married, Jo and the Professor decide to establish a school for wayward boys, hoping to guide the kids towards the proper paths in life. The supporting cast includes what "B"-film historian Don Miller described as "just about every child player in Hollywood" ranging from cherubic Dickie_Moore as Demi to tough-guy Frankie_Darro as Dan (future director Richard_Quine can also be spotted amongst the boys). Louisa May Alcott devotees have always felt that Little_Men is inferior to Little_Women; the same, alas, can be said about the two novels' respective film versions, though Mascot's Little_Men comes to life whenever satanic-visaged Gustaf_Von_Seyfertitz, cast as a vindictive reformatory supervisor, oils his way onto the screen. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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