Little Women

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Product Details

Director : Mervyn LeRoy
Actor : June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O'Brien, Elizabeth Taylor, Janet Leigh
Format : Import, NTSC
Binding : VHS Tape
EAN : 9786301971287
Product Group : Video
Release Date : 1993-12-23
UPC : 027616080530

ASIN : 6301971280

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Editorial Reviews

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This sumptuous 1949 film adaptation of the beloved Louisa May Alcott novel isn't as good as the 1933 Katharine Hepburn version, or even the 1994 remake starring an Oscar-nominated Winona Ryder, but it does offer its own pleasures, especially in seeing an all-star cast put through its paces. Erstwhile tomboy June Allyson stars as Alcott's famed heroine Jo, the budding writer in Civil War New England who pines for adventure, independence, and her own career. With Father off to war, it's up to Jo, practical older sister Meg (Janet Leigh), frail sister Beth (Margaret O'Brien), and vain sister Amy (Elizabeth Taylor) to help Marmee (a saintly Mary Astor) keep the home fires warm while dealing with the rigors of adolescence. It's all poured on with a generous amount of syrup, including lavish sets, hoop skirts, and petticoats, but anyone who's ever read Alcott's book will take comfort in its familiar story line. The dialogue is clunky but earnest, but you'd have to have a heart of stone not to get caught up in Jo's plight. And rarely do you get to see such stars go at it with such gusto: Allyson and Peter Lawford (as neighbor and rich boy Laurie) are a match made in B-movie heaven, Taylor is spunky and hilarious in an early comic performance, and Leigh does the matronly thing with aplomb. And nobody, but nobody, cries and suffers like Margaret O'Brien! Watch it in the wintertime, with a fire roaring. --Mark Englehart

Customer Reviews

Best ever (2004-10-01)

This is my favorite movie ever. As a child i would sit and watch it almost every week. I didnt own it on VHS, but taped off the TV. As i got older as you can imagine, the tape did not last. I was happy to be able to get it on VHS, and i think this is a movie everyone must see, young and old!!!

Boring :( (2004-02-13)

I loved the book, I loved the Hepburn version, liked the Ryder version, but this...it just bored the tar out of me! It did match the book fairly well, but it dragged on so much that I fought to stay awake through most of it! Rent it first if you must, don't waste your money.

Christopher Columbus! (2004-01-18)

I wasn't expecting to enjoy this as much as the 1994 version with Ms. Ryder as Jo March--I was surprised. The only slight scarring to this 1949 version of the film was the small appearances of Mr. March, his acting was quite horrible. But, June Allyson does fill the screen with perfection as Jo March. I thought that Margaret O'Brien portrayed a wonderful Beth also. I was very moved to tears when she shook off her shyness to thank the elder Mr. Laurence for the piano. Elizabeth Taylor played Amy March to all her selfish perfection. It was defintitely the most delightful to watch June Allyson though.

The Best Version (2004-01-18)

I loved the Little Women and after seeing this version I fell even more in love with the book. Although June Allyson wasn't the best Jo I have ever seen she is pretty close the depiction of Beth was magnificent and the version of Meg was beautiful but the star was Elizabeth Taylor's adaption of Amy although she was a little old looking for the roll but you have to admit that no one plays a brat like Elizabeth Taylor it was absoulutley perfect. This movie is a wonderful adaptation of a wonderful book that speaks to men and women of all ages because of it's timeless beauty. I hope that you enjoy this movie as much as I did!

Spare Yourself the Pain and Watch the 1994 Version... (2003-11-28)

After seeing the 1994 version, this film seemed simply horrendous. The charaters do not match the descriptions in the book, and on a whole it does not capture the feeling of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. The newer version, however, was beautifully done and maintains the lively characters and warm feeling of the novel. I wouldn't recommend this version at all.

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