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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


Do you remember how you used to play

Pilgrim 's Progress when you were little?

I can see us all now with your ragbags

tied over our backs for burdens.

You have real burdens now,

instead of ragbags.

According to what I heard before tea,

except Beth.

She didn't say. Maybe she hasn't any.

Yes, I have.

Mine is dishes and dusters

and being afraid of people...

...and envying girls with nice pianos.

A piano is a burden.

Good night, my precious.

Good night, Marmee.

- Good night, Jo, my girl.

- Good night, Marmee.

- Good night, darling.

- Good night, my baby.

- Good night, Marmee.

- Good night, Bethie.

- Merry Christmas, Hannah.

- Merry Christmas!

Where's Marmee?

She just went down the street,

but she'll be right back.

She wants you to have your breakfast

when I can get it dished up.

Come round here.

Hide them. Get close.

- Where have you been, Amy?

- What have you been doing?

Don't laugh, Jo.

I only changed the little bottle of cologne...

...for a big one.

I gave all my money to get it.

- Amy.

- Darling.

That was unselfish of you.

You're some pumpkins, Amy.

I felt ashamed, thinking only of myself.

Amy, my prettiest rose.

And I'm so glad,

because mine is the handsomest now.

- Where is Marmee?

- She'll be back any minute. Breakfast!

- Hannah, I'm so hungry.

- Hannah, what is it?

Sausages!

Popovers!

They are my favorites!

Coffee!

Oh, Hannah, you've beat the Dutch.

No need to make such a fuss about it.

I remember when I used to serve it

on your father's table every day.

No?

- Hannah, were we really that rich?

- How was I dressed?

I'd like to tell Jenny Snow

all the pretty clothes I used to wear.

- I can tell her. Diapers!

- Jo!

Two each.

- Isn't this marvelous?

- Look at all the popovers.

She's coming!

Hurry, Beth, strike up.

Amy, open the door.

Come here, Meg. We'll cover these up

and it'll be a surprise.

Enter, Marmee.

- Merry Christmas, Marmee!

- Merry Christmas, my...

Oh, darling!

Oh, Meg, dear! Thank you!

And handkerchiefs from Bethie. Thank you.

Hannah, did you see?

Amy, my precious, thank you!

These are from me.

Jo, my girl.

Thank you, darlings. Thank you.

Oh, my girls.

I can't tell you how happy I am.

Well, I can tell you how hungry I am.

Come on, everyone. Pass me those plates.

- Sit down, Marmee.

- Marmee, look! Sausages.

Wait a minute, girls.

I want to say one word before we begin.

I've just come from a poor woman

with a little newborn baby...

...and six children huddled into one bed

to keep from freezing, for they have no fire.

They are suffering cold and hunger.

My girls, will you give them your breakfast

as a Christmas present?

I'm so glad you came back

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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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