Little Women (1933 film)

Little Women
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	George Cukor
Written by	David Hempstead
Screenplay by	Victor Heerman Sarah Y. Mason
Based on	Little Women 1868 novel by Louisa May Alcott
Produced by	Merian C. Cooper
Starring	Katharine Hepburn Joan Bennett Paul Lukas Frances Dee Jean Parker Edna May Oliver Douglass Montgomery Henry Stephenson
Cinematography	Henry W. Gerrard
Edited by	Jack Kitchin
Music by	Max Steiner
Production company	RKO Radio Pictures
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	November 16, 1933 (1933-11-16) (United States)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$424,000[1][2]
Box office	$2,070,000 (worldwide rentals)[1][2]

Little Women is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Cukor, and starring Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Frances Dee, and Jean Parker. The screenplay, written by Sarah Y. Mason and Victor Heerman, is based on the 1868-1869 two-volume novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott.

This is the third screen adaptation of the book. It follows two silent versions: the first released in 1917 with Minna Grey, and the second in 1918 with Dorothy Bernard. After this 1933 sound version came the 1949 Little Women, with June Allyson, Elizabeth Taylor, and Peter Lawford, the 1994 film Little Women, starring Winona Ryder, and the 2019 film Little Women, featuring Saoirse Ronan.