Little Women (1949 film)

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Little Women

VHS cover of the film
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Produced by Mervyn LeRoy
Written by Louisa May Alcott (novel)
Victor Heerman
Sarah Y. Mason
Andrew Solt
Starring Elizabeth Taylor
June Allyson
Janet Leigh
Margaret O'Brien
Mary Astor
Peter Lawford
Rossano Brazzi
Music by Adolph Deutsch
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s) March 10, 1949
Running time 121 min.
Country United States
Language English
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Little Women (1949) directed by Mervyn LeRoy is based on Louisa May Alcott's novel of the same name. The screenplay was written by Sally Benson, Victor Heerman, Sarah Y. Mason, and Andrew Solt. The original music score was composed by Adolph Deutsch.

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[edit] Changes from the novel

In this version of the timeless classic, Beth March (Margaret O'Brien) is portrayed as being younger than Amy March (Elizabeth Taylor), while in the book she is older. The chapters where Laurie and Amy fall in love in Europe have been omitted.

[edit] Awards

Winner:

Nominations:

[edit] Cast

Actor Role
Elizabeth Taylor Amy March
June Allyson Josephine 'Jo' March
Janet Leigh Margaret 'Meg' March/Brooke
Margaret O'Brien Elizabeth 'Beth' March
Mary Astor Marmee March
Peter Lawford Theodore 'Laurie' Laurence
Rossano Brazzi Professor Bhaer
Sir C. Aubrey Smith Mr. Laurence

[edit] Selznick version

David O. Selznick was originally going to produce the film. Filming began in September 1946 but Selznick decided he could not tackle a major production so soon after the ordeal of filming Duel in the Sun (1946) so he sold the property and script to MGM. The cast for the David O. Selznick version included Jennifer Jones (Jo), Diana Lynn (Amy), Bambi Linn (Beth), Rhonda Fleming (Meg), and Anne Revere (Marmee).

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Films Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Little Caesar (1931) • Five Star Final (1931) • Tonight or Never (1931) • Two Seconds (1932) • Three on a Match (1932) • I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) • Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) • Tugboat Annie (1933) • The World Changes (1933) • Anthony Adverse (1936) • Waterloo Bridge (1940) • Escape (1940) • Blossoms in the Dust (1941) • Random Harvest (1942) • Madame Curie (1943) • Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) • The House I Live In (1945) • Without Reservations (1946) • Little Women (1949) • Quo Vadis (1951) • Million Dollar Mermaid (1952) • Mister Roberts (1955) • The Bad Seed (1956) • Toward the Unknown (1956) • No Time for Sergeants (1958) • The FBI Story (1959) • A Majority of One (1961) • Gypsy (1962)