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Showing posts with label louisa may alcott. Show all posts
Showing posts with label louisa may alcott. Show all posts

Monday, December 20, 2010

LIttle Women (1978)

Here is another adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women,
this time a tv series starring Susan Dey (The Partridge Family)as Jo March.


Susan Dey (Jo), Meredith Baxter (Meg), Eve Plumb (Beth), Ann Dusenberry (Amy)

Greer Garson (Aunt March), Dorothy Maguire (Marmee),
Richard Gilliland (Laurie), William Shatner (Prof. Bhaer)





LIttle Women (1949)

MGM Synopsis:
This lush and beautifully photographed production of Louisa May Alcott's beloved novel contains more star power than any of its predecessors or successors in the 20th century. The setting is Concord, Massachusetts, during the Civil War, and Marmee (Mary Astor) is attempting to raise her four teenage daughters in a time of deprivation and with her husband away fighting the war. June Allyson stars as Jo, the tomboy bookworm. Margaret O'Brien plays the selfless and tragic Beth. Elizabeth Taylor, in a perfect casting choice, plays the artistic Amy, and beautiful Janet Leigh takes on the role of responsible Meg. All of these stars turn in fine performances under the experienced coaching of director Mervyn LeRoy.

Cast left to right: June Allyson (Jo), Peter Lawford (Laurie), Janet Leigh (Meg),
Elizabeth Taylor (Amy), Margaret O'Brien (Beth) and Mary Astor (Marmee)

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Sunday, December 12, 2010

Old-Fashioned Christmas (2010)

Speaking of Louisa May Alcott, I just found out from Laurie that a new tv movie debuts tonight! An Old-Fashioned Christmas is the next chronicle in the saga that began with Alcott’s short story, An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving.

Synopsis:

Just days before Christmas in 1870, Isabella Caldwell travels with her granddaughter Tilly Bassett to Ireland so the wealthy grandmother can teach Tilly, a talented writer, the nuances of character development and refined living. She also hopes her old friend, the Earl of Shannon, can assist Tilly in getting her work published. Tilly secretly agrees to go on the trip so she can meet her paternal grandfather Sean Bassett, a meager potato farmer, who has a long feud with Isabella since their children wed. When Isabella and Tilly arrive at the Shannon Castle, it becomes quickly clear the Shannons are in dire financial straits, and Lady Shannon has a plan – her rebellious son Cameron will marry Tilly Bassett and inherit Isabella’s vast wealth. One minor detail creates a conundrum for Lady Shannon – Tilly is engaged to an American boy, Gad. Soon, a collision of events finds Tilly and Isabella without lodging on Christmas Eve, and Isabella must put aside her grudge and turn to Sean for help before Christmas is ruined.

Premieres December 11, 2010 - 8 pm
Remaining Hallmark airdates for 2010 Christmas Season:
Dec. 12 - 8 pm / Dec. 17 - 8 pm / Dec. 18 - 2 pm / Dec. 27 - 6 am & 8 pm

Jacqueline Bisset/Isabella


Catherine Steadman/Tilly


Leon Ockenden/Cameron


Kristopher Turner /Gad Hopkins

Promo trailer:


Watch: Behind the Scenes video

I haven't yet watched An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving
but glad to hear about both films on Old Fashioned Charm.
Thanks Laurie!

Saturday, December 11, 2010

LIttle Women (1994)

Little Women is a 1994 American drama film directed by Gillian Armstrong, with screenplay by Robin Swicord. The film focuses on the March sisters - prim Meg (Trini Alvarado), tempestuous Jo (Winona Ryder), shy Beth (Claire Danes), and self-absorbed Amy (Kirsten Dunst) - growing up in Concord, Massachusetts with their mother (Susan Sarandon) during and after the American Civil War.
[Set in 1860's] Wikipedia, IMDb

~ Based on Louisa May Alcott's novel ~


Cast:
Winona Ryder as Josephine "Jo" March
Trini Alvarado as Margaret "Meg" March
Claire Danes as Elizabeth "Beth" March

Susan Sarandon as Abigail "Marmee" March
Kirsten Dunst as Younger Amy
Samantha Mathis as Amy March

Eric Stoltz as John Brooke
Gabriel Byrne as Friedrich Bhaer
Christian Bale as Theodore "Laurie" Laurence



Trailer:



















































Friday, December 10, 2010

Little Women

Little Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). The book was written and set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House, in Concord, Massachusetts. It was published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. The novel follows the lives of four sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March—and is loosely based on the author's childhood experiences with her three sisters.
There have been 4 major film adaptations:

Little Women (1933)
starring Katharine Hepburn and Joan Bennett


Little Women (1949)
starring Elizabeth Taylor and June Allyson


Little Women (1978)
starring Meredith Baxter and Susan Dey


Little Women (1994)
starring Susan Sarandon, Winona Ryder, and Christian Bale

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