{"id":29818,"date":"2013-02-19T15:38:02","date_gmt":"2013-02-19T22:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=29818"},"modified":"2020-12-31T14:24:19","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T21:24:19","slug":"little-women-1933","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=29818","title":{"rendered":"Little Women (1933)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Christopher Columbus!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Poster-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-29833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Poster-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Poster.jpg 422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhile their father (Samuel S. Hinds) is away at war, an aspiring writer (Katharine Hepburn) and her three sisters &#8212; beautiful Meg (Frances Dee), kind-hearted Beth (Jean Parker), and young Amy (Joan Bennett) &#8212; are raised by their hard-working mother (Spring Byington) while living next door to a wealthy old man (Henry Stephenson) and his handsome grandson (Douglass Montgomery).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coming of Age<\/li>\n<li>Feminism and Women&#8217;s Issues<\/li>\n<li>Frances Dee Films<\/li>\n<li>George Cukor Films<\/li>\n<li>Historical Drama<\/li>\n<li>Jean Parker Films<\/li>\n<li>Katharine Hepburn Films<\/li>\n<li>Paul Lukas Films<\/li>\n<li>Siblings<\/li>\n<li>Strong Females<\/li>\n<li>Writers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nGeorge Cukor&#8217;s adaptation of Louisa May Alcott&#8217;s enduringly popular <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Little_women\">Civil War-era novel<\/a> is often cited as the definitive &#8212; and\/or the most beloved &#8212; of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0024264\/trivia?tab=mc&#038;ref_=tt_ft\">numerous cinematic iterations<\/a>. Katharine Hepburn is perfectly cast as tomboy-ish Jo, though I&#8217;ll admit I find her deep-voiced performance a bit forced during the first half of the film:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Still-1024x675.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"422\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-60734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Still-1024x675.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Still-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Still-128x84.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Still-768x506.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Still-1536x1012.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Still-410x270.png 410w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Still.png 1553w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Only once her character matures and moves to New York does Hepburn seem to relax into the role. Other key parts in the ensemble cast are nicely filled as well, with Paul Lukas particularly sympathetic as Jo&#8217;s older suitor (it&#8217;s easy to see why she would fall for him, despite the age difference): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Lukas2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Lukas2-1024x684.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-60735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Lukas2-1024x684.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Lukas2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Lukas2-128x86.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Lukas2-768x513.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Lukas2-404x270.png 404w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Lukas2.png 1537w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and Douglass Montgomery a charming, easygoing &#8220;Laurie&#8221;. (It&#8217;s a shame <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0599766\/bio\">Montgomery&#8217;s career never really took off<\/a>.) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Montgomery3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Montgomery3-1024x674.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"421\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-60737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Montgomery3-1024x674.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Montgomery3-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Montgomery3-128x84.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Montgomery3-768x506.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Montgomery3-1536x1011.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Montgomery3-410x270.png 410w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Montgomery3.png 1543w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The deliberately episodic, relatively faithful Oscar-winning screenplay follows the cadences of Alcott&#8217;s coming-of-age novel nicely, while historically authentic sets and costumes help bring the story to life; fans of the book likely won&#8217;t be disappointed.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Paul Lukas as Professor Bhaer<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Lukas3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Lukas3-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-60738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Lukas3-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Lukas3-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Lukas3-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Lukas3-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Lukas3-1536x1025.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Lukas3-405x270.png 405w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Lukas3.png 1539w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Nicely authentic sets and costumes<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Sets-Costumes.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Sets-Costumes-1024x678.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-60736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Sets-Costumes-1024x678.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Sets-Costumes-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Sets-Costumes-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Sets-Costumes-768x508.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Sets-Costumes-1536x1016.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Sets-Costumes-408x270.png 408w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Little-Women-Sets-Costumes.png 1549w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A fine, Oscar-winning screenplay (by Victor Heerman and Sarah Y. Mason)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as an enduring literary adaptation. Listed as a film with Historical Importance and a Personal Recommendation in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Genuine Classic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0024264\/?ref_=sr_3\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.tvguide.com\/little-women\/review\/104458\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/12690\/little-women#articles-reviews\">TCM Articles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/film\/little-women\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Christopher Columbus!&#8221; Synopsis: While their father (Samuel S. Hinds) is away at war, an aspiring writer (Katharine Hepburn) and her three sisters &#8212; beautiful Meg (Frances Dee), kind-hearted Beth (Jean Parker), and young Amy (Joan Bennett) &#8212; are raised by their hard-working mother (Spring Byington) while living next door to a wealthy old man (Henry Stephenson) and his handsome grandson (Douglass Montgomery). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Coming of Age Feminism and Women&#8217;s Issues Frances Dee Films George Cukor Films&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=29818\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29818"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60739,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29818\/revisions\/60739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}