Little Women (1917 film) explained

Little Women
Director:	Alexander Butler
Producer:	G. B. Samuelson
Screenplay:	Louisa May Alcott
Studio:	G. B. Samuelson Productions
Distributor:	Moss Films
Runtime:	5 reels^[1]
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	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

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

See also

• 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

1. Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1914-1918, p. 293, Routledge, 2005
2. Cartmell, Deborah & Whelehan, Imelda. Adaptations: From Text to Screen, Screen to Text, p. 81, Routledge, 1999
3. https://www.newspapers.com/image/791588589/?terms=%22Little%20Women%22&match=1 Fulham Theatre, The Fulham Chronicle (England), 28 December, 1917, p. 8
4. https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/little-women-1917 The A. V. Club film synopsis