This is the definitive version of this great children's novel, superior in every particular to the George Cukor version in 1933. Role by role, the acting is better in 1949; the cinematography is better; the script is better and more faithful to the original, etc. June Allyson is the perfect tomboy as Jo March, easily outshining the teary-eyed Katherine Hepburn (who is the only reason to watch the 1933 version). Peter Lawford is a dashing Laurie, Mary Astor a moving Marmee, and Rossano Brazzi a satisfying alternative for Jo. The all-star cast of 1949 completely outshines the 1933 version, especially in the casting of the four sisters -- Janet Leigh, Elizabeth Taylor and Margaret O'Brien, in addition to June Allyson. The Academy Award-winning Art Direction/Production Design re-creates the Civil War era to perfection, and the Oscar-nominated cinematography is breathtaking. To get an authentic Technicolor version of Louisa May Alcott's great book, see this classic.
Review of Little Women
