| Little Women | |
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| Directed by | Mervyn LeRoy |
| Screenplay by | Andrew Solt Sarah Y. Mason Victor Heerman |
| Based on | Little Women 1868 novel by Louisa May Alcott |
| Produced by | Mervyn LeRoy |
| Starring | June Allyson Peter Lawford Margaret O'Brien Elizabeth Taylor Janet Leigh Rossano Brazzi Mary Astor |
| Cinematography | Robert H. Planck, A.S.C. Charles Schoenbaum, A.S.C. |
| Edited by | Ralph E. Winters |
| Music by | Adolph Deutsch Max Steiner (musical score) |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| 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]
- ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study
- ^ Variety film review; February 23, 1949, p. 10.
- ^ Harrison's Reports film review; February 26, 1949, page 34.
- ^ Notes on Little Women at Turner Classic Movies