Category:Little Women (film subject)

Little Women (Alcott)

There were two earlier adaptations during the silent era, in 1917 and 1918 respectively; both are lost.

1917 -- Little Women, directed by Alexander Butler, starring Mary Lincoln (Meg), Ruby Miller (Jo), Muriel Myers (Beth), and Daisy Burrell (Amy).

1918 -- Little Women, directed by Harley Knoles, starring Isabel Lamon (Meg), Dorothy Bernard (Jo), Lillian Hall (Beth), and Florence Flinn (Amy).

The fist TV adaptations were made in the United States, in 1939, 1946, 1949 and 1950 respectively:

1939 -- Little Women (USA, 1939), directed by Ed Sobol, starring Joanna Post (Meg), Flora Campbell (Jo), Frances Reid (Beth), and Joyce Arling (Amy). <NBC TV film>

1946 -- Little Women (USA, 1946), directed by Ed Sobol, starring Dorothy Emery (Meg), Margaret Hayes (Jo), Madeline Lee (Beth), and Billie Lou Watt (Amy). <WNBT TV film>

1949 -- Little Women (USA, 1949), directed by Marc Daniels, starring Kim Hunter (Meg), Meg Mundy (Jo), Peggy Ann Garner (Beth), and June Lockhart (Amy). <CBS TV film>

1950 -- Little Women (USA, 1950), directed by Lela Swift (I) and Paul Nickell (II), starring Peg Hillias (Meg), Nancy Marchand (Jo), June Dayton (Beth), and Lois Hall (Amy). <CBS TV film in 2 episodes: (I) Jo's Story, and (II) Meg's Story >

The first TV miniseries was produced in 1951, followed by other miniseries in 1955 (in Italy) and in 1958

1951