Little Women

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Little Women

1949,

2h 1m,

Drama/

Romance

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5,000+ Ratings

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5,000+ Ratings

The March sisters -- Meg (Janet Leigh), Jo (June Allyson), Beth (Margaret O'Brien) and Amy (Elizabeth Taylor) -- struggle to make ends meet in their New England household while their father is away fighting in the Civil War. Despite harsh times, they cling to optimism, often with neighbor Laurie (Peter Lawford) as a companion. As they mature, they face burgeoning ambitions and relationships, as well as tragedy, all the while maintaining their unbreakable bond.

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TIME Magazine

Mar 23, 2011

A shade less ambitious than its 1933 predecessor (which starred Katharine Hepburn and Joan Bennett), it still jerks tears with easy efficiency.

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Variety Staff

Variety

Mar 31, 2009

The tender story, with its frank and unashamed assault on the emotions, still has its effective moments at times when the sentiment doesn't grow a little too thick.

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Bosley Crowther

New York Times

Mar 25, 2006

2.5/5

If anything, it has hauled back much too briskly on the strings of the heart and has strained a few muscles in the process. Its consequent agony shows.

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Elsa Branden

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Aug 20, 2021

2/3

In its handsome Technicolor remake of Louisa May Alcott's perennial favorite, Metro has carefully preserved the Victorian flavor, the lavender-and-old-lace mood.

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Fotogramas

Nov 19, 2019

2/5

The film never survives its horrifically cheesy tone. [Full Review in Spanish]

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TV Guide

Mar 23, 2011

2.5/4

This version is a well-handled retelling of the classic Louisa May Alcott tale.

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Kylo M

Sep 2, 2017

Mervyn LeRoy's 1949 Technicolor version of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel is taken from the same screenplay of the 1933 version. June Allyson is Jo, Elizabeth Taylor is Amy, Margaret O'Brien is Beth, and Janet Leigh is Meg. The colors pop with vitality and the performances are all wonderful; it just lacks the sentimental edge of its predecessor. The support of Lucile Watson and C. Aubrey Smith is every bit as wonderful as that of Edna May Oliver and Henry Stephenson in the first but Peter Lawford, Mary Astor, and Rossano Brazzi look like they walked into the set of the wrong picture.

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Mervyn LeRoy

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June Allyson

Jo

Peter Lawford

Laurie

Elizabeth Taylor

Amy

Margaret O'Brien

Beth

Janet Leigh

Meg

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Synopsis

The March sisters -- Meg (Janet Leigh), Jo (June Allyson), Beth (Margaret O'Brien) and Amy (Elizabeth Taylor) -- struggle to make ends meet in their New England household while their father is away fighting in the Civil War. Despite harsh times, they cling to optimism, often with neighbor Laurie (Peter Lawford) as a companion. As they mature, they face burgeoning ambitions and relationships, as well as tragedy, all the while maintaining their unbreakable bond.

Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Producer: Mervyn LeRoy
Screenwriter: Andrew Solt, Sarah Y. Mason, Victor Heerman
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
Genre: Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 10, 1949, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2008
Runtime: 2h 1m

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