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Synopsis: Little Women is a "coming of age" drama tracing the lives of four sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. During the American Civil War, the girls father is away serving as a minister to the troops. The family, headed by thier beloved Marmee, must struggle to make ends meet, with the help of their kind and wealthy neighbor, Mr. Laurence, and his high spirited grandson Laurie.
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Director(s): George Cukor
Production: WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
NOT RATED
Year:
1933
115 min
4,353 Views


It's easy if you'll only watch me. Come on.

- Lf I can drop gracefully, I'll...

- Now, when I come in...

...you'll see the horrible look in my eyes

and you shrink back trembling.

Go ahead.

Get into the mood, Amy.

Now, when I start toward you,

with wicked intentions...

Oh, Amy, you...

...draw back in horror,

covering your eyes with your hands.

"Roderigo, Roderigo!

"Save me, save me!"

There, now you see? Now, it's easy.

Now, here I come.

"Roderigo, Roderigo!

"Save me, save me!"

- You were marvelous.

- That was lovely.

Glad to find you so merry, my girls.

- Darling.

- Marmee.

- How is your cold, Meg?

- Much better.

Beth, dear, kiss me, baby.

Thank you, Jo. Thank you, dear.

- You look tired to death, Jo.

- No, Marmee, I'm not tired.

- Your slippers are all ready now.

- That's my Bethie, dearie.

Did you have a hard day, Marmee?

No, very pleasant, dear.

But it's good to be home.

- I have a treat for you.

- A letter from Father?

Three cheers for Father.

"Give them all my dear love and a kiss.

"Tell them I know they will remember

all I said to them:

"That they will be loving children to you...

"...they will do their duty faithfully,

fight their bosom enemies bravely...

"...and conquer themselves so beautifully...

"...that when I come back to them,

I may be fonder and prouder than ever...

"...of my little women."

I am a selfish girl...

...but I'll truly try to be better

and not waste my time in school...

...so that Father

may not be disappointed in me.

I'll try and be what he loves to call me,

"a little woman"...

...and not be rough and wild,

and do my duty here at home...

...instead of always wanting

to go to war to help Father.

I'm not going to be envious anymore,

if I can help it.

Now, we'll save the rest till after tea...

...for it's such a lovely long letter.

I know everybody must be hungry.

Let's get something for Marmee

with our dollar...

...instead of for ourselves, shall we?

That's like you, Beth. What shall we get?

- I'll get her a nice pair of gloves.

- New slippers, best to be had.

Some handkerchiefs, all hemmed.

A beautiful little bottle of cologne.

She'll like that, and it won't cost much...

...and then I'll have some left over

for my pencils.

I've finished with Asia.

And here is Europe.

- Three stitches and you can have Africa.

- Not too long stitches, dear.

If you pass me the scissors,

I'll give you America.

There, you see? You did finish it after all.

You wanted to put it off until tomorrow.

But we never should have

if Jo hadn't made a game of it...

...and thought of talking

of the different countries as we worked.

It was a nice idea, Jo.

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Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott (; November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). Raised by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May and Amos Bronson Alcott in New England, she also grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Alcott's family suffered from financial difficulties, and while she worked to help support the family from an early age, she also sought an outlet in writing. She began to receive critical success for her writing in the 1860s. Early in her career, she sometimes used the pen name A. M. Barnard, under which she wrote novels for young adults that focused on spies, revenge, and cross dressers. Published in 1868, Little Women is set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House, in Concord, Massachusetts, and is loosely based on Alcott's childhood experiences with her three sisters. The novel was very well received and is still a popular children's novel today, filmed several times. Alcott was an abolitionist and a feminist and remained unmarried throughout her life. She died from a stroke, two days after her father died, in Boston on March 6, 1888. more…

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