The sound does drop in and out of the kinescope print of this 1950 Studio One episode, the first of two parts focusing on the March sisters. This focuses on Meg (June Dayton) who falls in love with the boy next door. Jo, played by Nancy Marchand in her TV debut, is also a force of nature, begging Marmee in the opening scene to play a non Christmas Carol on the piano. The cast is mainly filled with obscure actors, with only Marchand (who became famous years after this), Elizabeth Patterson and Una O'Connor familiar to me. Patterson, a delightfully imperious Aunt March, what is nearly as good in the role as Edna May Oliver was in the 1933 version. She had played the O'Connor role the previous year in the colorful MGM remake. A decent set aides this in looking a bit higher budgeted than it was, but I miss the outdoors scenes from the movies, whether in color or black and white.
Review of Little Women: Meg's Story
