Little Women (1918)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Harley Knoles

Writers:

Louisa May Alcott (novel)
Anne Maxwell (scenario)

Release Date:

5 January 1919 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Family | Romance

Plot:

Jo March and her sisters Meg, Beth, and Amy live in a happy family in Concord, Massachusetts. Jo yearns to be a writer...

Plot Keywords:

Sister | Family Life | New England | Based On Novel

Cast

Isabel Lamon	...	Meg March
Dorothy Bernard	...	Jo March
Lillian Hall	...	Beth March
Florence Flinn	...	Amy March (as Florence Flynn)
Henry Hull	...	John Brooke
Conrad Nagel	...	Laurie Laurence
Kate Lester	...	Marmee
George Kelson	...	Mr. March
Julia Hurley	...	Aunt March
Lynn Hammond	...	Prof. Baer
Nellie Anderson	...	Hannah (as Mrs. Anderson)
Frank DeVernon	...	Mr. Lawrence (as Frank de Vernon)

Runtime:

USA:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Filming Locations:

Ralph Waldo Emerson Home - 28 Cambridge Turnpike, Concord, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

William A. Brady Picture Plays

Trivia:

This second incarnation of the Louisa May Alcott story was expensively produced by World Pictures, an independent company founded by famed Broadway producer William A. Brady (father of Alice Brady) and unable to find a suitable distributor, it sat on the shelf for nearly a year before a deal was struck with Paramount Pictures' Artcraft--- a division Adolph Zukor created exclusively for A-list product (lesser pictures were handed off under it's Realart division) with the bulk of his mainstream productions released under the Paramount label. This 3-tiered system was abolished within 5 years.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Although the film is set in the 1860s, a telegram shown reveals the name of the then current (1918) president of the Western Union telegraph company, Newcomb Carlton (b. 1869).

Movie Connections:

Version of "Wakakusa monogatari yori wakakusa no yonshimai" (1981)