Let me hasten to say that Miss Hepburn and I did not fight at all. But a director with a conscience will fight tooth and nail to get the picture as he wants it. Without meaning to be, and simply because of the vigor of her own mind and the intensity of her attitude toward her own work, she can be, if given the chance, what I would call an artistic bully.I do not say that had I decided to “lie down” to her from the start, a less good picture would have resulted. "When I directed Little Women I had to develop a new technique to ensure the best results from the collaboration of Miss Hepburn and myself.a fine actress, Katharine Hepburn is more than a personality. Douglass Montgomery as Theodore "Laurie" Laurence.Katharine Hepburn as Josephine "Jo" March.He confesses his love to Jo and proposes. Professor Bhaer then arrives from New York City, and with him he brings Jo's manuscript for Little Women, which is soon to be published. Upon their return, Jo is happy for Laurie and Amy, indicating it has turned out as it always should have been. After Beth dies, a grieving Jo learns that Amy, who accompanied Aunt March to Europe, has fallen in love with Laurie, accepted his proposal and they return, having married. With his help and encouragement Jo improves her writing, and she resolves her confused feelings about Laurie.īeth, debilitated, is near to death, so Jo returns to Concord to be with Beth and her family during this time. There she meets Professor Bhaer ( Paul Lukas), an impoverished German linguist. When he snubs her in return, Jo moves to New York City to pursue her writing career, and she lives in a boarding house. Laurie confesses his love to Jo, who rejects him. The March parents return, and Meg marries John. She recovers, albeit in a weakened condition. During her absence Beth contracts scarlet fever from a neighbor's baby. Marmee learns that her husband is recuperating in a hospital in Washington, D.C., after an injury, so she goes to Washington to care for him. Laurence's offer for her to practice on his piano. During the next several months John courts Meg, Jo's first short story becomes published, and Beth often takes advantage of Mr. The Laurences invite them to a lavish party, where Meg meets Laurie's tutor, John Brooke ( John Lodge). Laurence ( Henry Stephenson), the Marches' wealthy next-door neighbor. The girls meet Laurie ( Douglass Montgomery), who has come to live with his grandfather, Mr. Amy ( Joan Bennett) is pretty but selfish, Meg ( Frances Dee) works as a governess, and sensitive Beth ( Jean Parker) practices on her clavichord, an aging instrument sorely in need of tuning. Spirited tomboy Jo ( Katharine Hepburn), who caters to the whims of their well-to-do Aunt March ( Edna May Oliver), dreams of becoming a famous author, and she writes plays for her sisters to perform for the local children. Hinds), who serves as a colonel and a chaplain in the Union Army.
LITTLE WOMEN CAST 1994 SERIES
Set in Concord, Massachusetts, during and after the American Civil War, the film is a series of vignettes focusing on the struggles and adventures of the four March sisters and their mother, affectionately known as Marmee ( Spring Byington), while they await the return of their father ( Samuel S.