| Little Women | |
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| 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 C. Aubrey Smith |
| Music by | Adolph Deutsch |
| Cinematography | Robert H. Planck Charles Edgar Schoenbaum |
| Editing by | Ralph E. Winters |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | March 10, 1949 |
| Running time | 121 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Little Women (1949) Technicolor release was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and is based on Louisa May Alcott's novel of the same name.[1][2] The screenplay was written by Sally Benson, Victor Heerman, Sarah Y. Mason, and Andrew Solt. The original music score was composed by Adolph Deutsch. The film also marked the American film debut of Italian actor Rossano Brazzi. Sir C. Aubrey Smith, whose acting career had spanned four decades, died in 1948; Little Women was his final film.[3]
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Originally intended as a 1948 release, the premiere of Little Women was delayed until March, 1949, when it was presented as the Easter attraction at New York's Radio City Music Hall. It is believed that the reason for the delay was to make the movie part of M-G-M's Silver Anniversary Celebration. Little Women became one the top grossing films of 1949.
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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