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madeline-kahn · 3 months

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"It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women. Amy was learning this distinction through much tribulation, for mistaking enthusiasm for inspiration, she attempted every branch of art with youthful audacity." -- L.M. Alcott, Little Women

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snowbairdd · 1 year

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Oh, Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents.

LITTLE WOMEN (1949) dir. Mervyn LeRoy

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littlewomenpodcast · 1 month

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1949 Little Women Cast Was Adorkable

These were just too adorable.

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damabelladonna · 1 month

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#hell is a teenage girl #female manipulator #girlhood #im just a girl #coquette #female rage #girlblogging #fammefatale #family issues #fashion #lizzy grant #little women 1949 #romantizing life #lux lisbon #luxury #lana del rey aka lizzy grant

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avonlea71 · 8 months

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Little Women (1949).

#june allyson #elizabeth taylor #margaret o'brien #janet leigh #mary astor #little women 1949

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joandfriedrich · 1 year

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#little women #little women 1933 #little women 1949 #little women 1970 #little women 1978 #little women 1994 #little women 2017 #little women 2018 #little women 2019

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mygreatadventurehasbegun · 5 months

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Realized today that I have very little time to watch Christmas-y movies...so I'm starting tonight with Little Women 1949!

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louisa-may-alcott · 1 year

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stranger-in-a-strange-new-world · 1 year

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#little women #little women 1933 #little women 1949 #little women 1994 #little women 2017 #little women 2019 #polls #louisa may alcott

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claudia1829things · 2 years

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My Ranking of the “LITTLE WOMEN” Adaptations

Below is my ranking of the movie and television adaptations of “LITTLE WOMEN”, Louisa May Alcott’s 1868-69 novel:

MY RANKING OF THE “LITTLE WOMEN” ADAPTATIONS

1. “Little Women” (BBC; 2017): adapted by Heidi Thomas and directed by Vanessa Caswill

2. “Little Women” (1994): directed by Gillian Armstrong and adapted by Robin Swicord

3. “Little Women” (NBC; 1978): directed by David Lowell Rich and adapted by Suzanne Clauser

4a. “Little Women” (1933): directed by George Cukor and adapted by Victor Heerman and Sarah Y. Mason [tie]

4b. “Little Women” (1949): directed by Mervyn LeRoy and adapted by Victor Heerman and Sarah Y. Mason [tie]

5. “Little Women” (BBC: 1970): directed by Paddy Russell and adapted by Denis Constanduros and Alistair Bell

6. “Little Women” (2019): adapted and directed by Greta Gerwig

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nerdyrevelries · 2 years

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Little Women (1949)

You will see several places online that Little Women 1949 shares a script with Little Women 1933. This is true in part but not whole. It shares two of its writers (Sarah Y. Mason and Victor Heerman), and it’s clear that this film takes 1933′s script as it’s starting point as it shares multiple lines and scenes. However, 1949 has a third writer, Andrew Solt, and it’s clear that he’s made some edits to the script. Unfortunately, the edits that he made tend to highlight the parts of the script that were already weak in 1933, sometimes even making them worse.

The pacing of the movie is awful. I noted down times at several points. At 23 minutes in, we still haven’t made it to Christmas day (in book terms, this is a single chapter.) At 46 minutes in, we still haven’t made it past New Year’s Eve (meaning we have only covered through chapter 3 of the novel.) After this leisurely beginning, the movie finally seems to realize it needs to speed up a little, skipping multiple events to get us to the telegram (from chapter 15) at an hour and 5 minutes. We get to the end of part 1 15 minutes later at an hour and 20 minutes. This not only means we have 40 minutes left to try and get through part 2, it also means the movie speeds through part 1 plot points on which it would be better to linger such as the telegram and trip to Washington and Beth’s illness. It’s hard to feel much of anything when we barely get to experience events.

Just as damningly, 1949 doesn’t have a stand-out performance to distract you from the script’s flaws like 1933 does. Margaret O’Brien is fairly good as Beth, for as little as you get to see her, but as this takes 1933′s approach of having a Jo-centric script, Jo’s actress needs to carry the movie. While all the sisters in Little Women are generally played by actresses older than their book counterparts due to the two part structure of the book, June Allyson is, as far as I can tell, the oldest actress to ever play Jo at 32. This is only highlighted by her much more appropriately aged co-stars, such as the 22-year-old Janet Leigh as Meg, the 17-year-old Elizabeth Taylor as Amy, and the 12-year-old Margaret O’Brien as Beth. Even Mary Astor as Marmee is only 11 years older than the actress playing her second daughter.

Worse than being too old for the part is that June Allyson never really does anything to make the role her own. She seems to be trying to copy Katherine Hepburn’s performance and only really manages a pale imitation. It’s a shame because it would have been great to see what unique spin Allyson could have brought to the part if she hadn’t either decided to or been directed to imp Hepburn.

#Little Women #Little Women 1949 #Louisa May Alcott #Alcott Adaptation Assessment #Alcott Adaptation August #There is dialogue that mentions the Marches having a cat. We never get to see it. :(

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prismatica-the-strange · 2 years

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One of my favorite movies is Little Women, but no, I won't tell you which one it is

#you'll have to guess #prisma rambles #little women #little women 1933 #little women 1949 #little women 1994 #little women 2019

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littlewomenpodcast · 25 days

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Anatomy Of A Movie: Little Women 1949

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This time Christina and I analyzed Little Women film from 1949. This film is a comfort movie for many of my listeners and it has a warm inviting athmosphere.

Starring June Allyson as Jo, Elizabeth Taylor as Amy and Rossano Brazzi as Friedrich.

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damabelladonna · 1 month

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Did I already say I love this?

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fawnvelveteen · 2 years

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Janet Leigh adjusting the bow in Elizabeth Taylor's hair on the set of Little Women (1949).

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joandfriedrich · 1 year

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#little women #little women 1933 #little women 1949 #little women 1970 #little women 1978 #little women 1994 #little women 2017 #little women 2018 #little women 2019 #little women polls

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