Little Women Summary
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Genres: Drama
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Of the many film versions of Louisa May Alcott's Little_Women, this 1949 MGM adaptation is by far the prettiest. Set in New England during the Civil War, the film relates the various adventures of the March sisters: Jo (June_Allyson), Beth (Margaret O'Brien), Amy (Elizabeth_Taylor) and Meg (Janet_Leigh). Jo emerges as the main character, as she leaves hearth and home to try her luck as a novelist in New York. Moments of high comedy (the sisters' amateur theatricals) are counterpointed with grim tragedy (the death of the youngest March girl), with romantic interludes provided by the faithless Laurie (Peter_Lawford) and the loyal Professor Bhaer (Rossano_Brazzi). Unlike Selznick's 1933 Little_Women or Gillian_Armstrong's 1994 adaptation, this 1949 version tends to be more an extension of the old Hollywood contract-player typecasting system than a heartfelt evocation of the Alcott original. Even so, Little_Women is consistently pleasing to the eye, especially when seen in its original Technicolor hues. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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