What Is The 1949 Version Of Little Women

The 1949 version of Little Women (Mervyn LeRoy, 1949) was a remake of the 1933 RKO modification of Louisa May Alcott’s Novel. In March of 1949 MGM established the film rights to the novel and a completed screenplay. This American feature film was set in New England during the time of the Civil War, and was considered to be the prettiest adaptation of the many film versions of Louisa May Alcott’s novel. The film provides the audience with various adventures of the March sisters sharing moments of high comedy and romantic intermission, which are counteracted with heartfelt tragedy. How does the film Little Women portray the Classical Hollywood Narrative style?

In classical Hollywood cinema, the narrative is clearly structured with a beginning middle and end. The narrative generally defines the process, in which a plot is arranged to allow the telling of a story, and establish clarity to make Hollywood films appear whole. The story isn’t an extended narrative, but it tells a more intimate family relationship. It begins with the March family. A family that has hit a rough patch of hard times, Mr. March has departed to serve in the Civil War thus leaving his wife Marmee to watch after their four girls Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy. The film traces the lives of the four sisters from adolescence through early adulthood. Over the course of the story the girls have to face poverty, feeding neighbors, illnesses, tragedies, relationships, and change. This quote from Decent Films shows that the girls were not defined by their relationships with other characters, but by whom

Part comedy of manners, part morality tale, it’s more interested in its heroines “conquering themselves” than in a man conquering their