Little Women (1917 film)
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Directed byAlexander Butler
Screenplay byLouisa May Alcott
Based onLittle Women
1868 novel
by Louisa May Alcott
1868 novel
by Louisa May Alcott
Produced byG. B. Samuelson
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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]
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
- 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
