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)	10 March 1949
Running time	121 min.
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.

1 Changes from the novel
2 Awards
3 Cast
4 Selznick version
5 See also
6 External link

[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 the elder. The chapters where Laurie and Amy fall in love in Europe have been omitted.

[edit] Awards

Winner:

1950 - Academy Award for Best Art Direction - Set Decoration

Nominations:

1950 - Academy Award for Best Cinematography (Robert Planck, Charles Schoenbaum)

[edit] Cast

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

[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).