Little Women (1917 film)
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| Directed by | Alexander Butler |
| Screenplay by | Louisa May Alcott |
| Based on | Little Women 1868 novel by Louisa May Alcott |
| Produced by | G. B. Samuelson |
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| Distributed by | Moss Films |
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Running time | 5 reels[1] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Little Women is a 1917 British silent historical drama film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Daisy Burrell, Mary Lincoln and Minna Grey. It was the first film adaptation of the 1868-69 two-volume American novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. It is now considered a lost film.[2]
Plot synopsis
[edit]The film is set during the American Civil War[3] and tells the experiences of four sisters during the time that their minister father is working away from home.[4]
Cast
[edit]- Daisy Burrell as Amy March
- Mary Lincoln as Meg March
- Minna Grey as Marmie March
- Muriel Myers as Beth March
- Ruby Miller as Jo March
- Milton Rosmer as Theodore Laurence
- Wyndham Guise as Professor Friedrich Bhaer
- Roy Travers as John Brooke
- Lionel d'Aragon as Mr. Laurence
- Florence Nelson as Aunt March
- Bert Darley as Pastor March
- Molly Vaughan as Sally Moffatt
- Vivian Tremayne as Belle Moffatt
- Sylvia Cavalho as Anne Moffatt
See also
[edit]- List of films and television shows about the American Civil War
- Little Women (1918 film)
- Little Women (1933 film)
- Little Women (1949 film)
- Little Women (1994 film)
- Little Women (2018 film)
- Little Women (2019 film)
References
[edit]- ^ Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1914-1918, p. 293, Routledge, 2005
- ^ Cartmell, Deborah & Whelehan, Imelda. Adaptations: From Text to Screen, Screen to Text, p. 81, Routledge, 1999
- ^ Fulham Theatre, The Fulham Chronicle (England), 28 December, 1917, p. 8
- ^ The A. V. Club film synopsis
External links
[edit]- Little Women at IMDb
- Little Women at the TCM Movie Database
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- 1917 films
- 1910s historical drama films
- British black-and-white films
- British historical drama films
- British silent feature films
- Films directed by Alexander Butler
- Little Women films
- Lost British films
- 1917 lost films
- Lost British drama films
- 1917 drama films
- 1910s English-language films
- 1910s British films
- Silent historical drama films
- English-language historical drama films
- 1910s British film stubs