Synopsis
Louisa May Alcott's autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord Mass in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the civil war, the sisters: Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth are at home with their mother - a very outspoken women for her time. The story is of how the sisters grow up, find love and find their place in the world.
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Cast
- June AllysonJo
- Peter LawfordTheodore "Laurie" Laurence
- Margaret O'BrienBeth
- Elizabeth TaylorAmy
- Janet LeighMeg
- Rossano BrazziProfessor Bhaer
- Mary AstorMarmee
- Lucile WatsonAunt March
- C. Aubrey SmithMr. Laurence
- Elizabeth PattersonHannah
- 70
Variety
The tender story, with its frank and unashamed assault on the emotions, still has its effective moments at times when the sentiment doesn’t grow a little too thick. - 70
Washington Post
The Technicolor film, while still praised, was not received as well as Cukor’s version. - 63
TV Guide Magazine
This version is a well-handled retelling of the classic Louisa May Alcott tale. - 60
The New York Times
If anything, it has hauled back much too briskly on the strings of the heart and has strained a few muscles in the process. - 60
Los Angeles Times
This one, directed by Mervyn LeRoy for MGM, can get more than a little sappy as we watch this house of pretty adolescents take pretty steps toward their destinies, but it's also affectionately rendered. [15 Dec 1994, p.20]