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2 October 1978 (USA) morePlot:
Louisa May Alcott's classic novel about four sisters growing up in Civil War New England. Jo, the tomboyish sister with a literary flair... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
Based On NovelAwards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Unabridged delight moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Meredith Baxter | ... | Meg March (as Meredith Baxter Birney) |
 | Susan Dey | ... | Josephine 'Jo' March |
| Ann Dusenberry | ... | Amy March |
| Eve Plumb | ... | Elizabeth 'Beth' March |
| Dorothy McGuire | ... | Marmee March |
 | Greer Garson | ... | Aunt Kathryn March |
| Robert Young | ... | Grandpa James Lawrence |
| Richard Gilliland | ... | Theodore 'Laurie' Lawrence |
| Cliff Potts | ... | John Brooke |
 | William Shatner | ... | Professor Friedrich Bhaer |
| William Schallert | ... | Jonathan March |
| Virginia Gregg | ... | Hannah |
| Joyce Bulifant | ... | Mrs. Kirke |
| John de Lancie | ... | Frank Vaughn |
| Carlene Watkins | ... | Sally Gardiner |
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Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Kate Jackson/Delbert McClinton (#4.13)" (1979) moreFAQ
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This was a very nice production from the late seventies that deserves to be seen. A tad dated, but in a charming way. It is the only version of Little Women that I've viewed that really plays up Jo March's temper, which is this huge issue in the novel. Wynona Ryder was charming in the latest version, but she wasn't Jo. She probably would have been a better Meg. Katharine Hepburn and June Allyson were appropriately tomboyish but they were victimized by time constraints although I love both those versions (save the hideous casting of Margaret O'Brien as Beth)
I once read somewhere that this was Susan Dey's favorite role and she really is very fine although of course too pretty, but I guess no one wants to see a Jo March who is really and truly plain. I believe Edith Head did the costumes and Elmer Bernstein the music and it's plain that a lot of care was taken with this production. I was particularly moved by the scene with Jo and Beth at the seashore. All of the actresses were well cast, Amy was bratty, yet you completely buy into her transformation as an adult, and the romance between Meg and John Brooke was nicely handled. In some of the other versions, again due to time constraints, their romance is underdeveloped to the extreme! The exception is the pretty good BBC adaptation that was also a miniseries. That version had a terrific John Brooke, if you care.
For reasons that are utterly incomprehensible to me, this classic American story is only available in Britain. So if you want to actually see it, you have to buy the PAL format from England and have it transferred to DVD