Little Women (1949 film)

Little Women
Australian Theatrical Poster
Directed byMervyn LeRoy
Screenplay byAndrew Solt
Sarah Y. Mason
Victor Heerman
Based onLittle Women
1868 novel
by Louisa May Alcott
Produced byMervyn LeRoy
StarringJune Allyson
Peter Lawford
Margaret O'Brien
Elizabeth Taylor
Janet Leigh
Rossano Brazzi
Mary Astor
CinematographyRobert H. Planck, A.S.C.
Charles Schoenbaum, A.S.C.
Edited byRalph E. Winters
Music byAdolph Deutsch
Max Steiner (musical score)
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's Inc.
Release date
  • March 10, 1949 (1949-03-10)
Running time
121 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,776,000[1]
Box office$5,910,000[1]

Little Women is a 1949 American comedy drama film with script and music taken directly from the earlier 1933 Hepburn version. Based on Louisa May Alcott's 1868–69 two-volume novel of the same name, it was filmed in Technicolor and was produced and directed by Mervyn LeRoy.[2][3] The screenplay was written by Sally Benson, Victor Heerman, Sarah Y. Mason, and Andrew Solt. The original music score was composed by Adolph Deutsch and Max Steiner. 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.[4]

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study
  2. ^ Variety film review; February 23, 1949, p. 10.
  3. ^ Harrison's Reports film review; February 26, 1949, page 34.
  4. ^ Notes on Little Women at Turner Classic Movies

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