Little Women (1917 film)
| Little Women | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Alexander Butler |
| Screenplay by | Louisa May Alcott |
| Based on | Little Women by Louisa May Alcott |
| Produced by | G.B. Samuelson |
| Starring | Daisy Burrell Mary Lincoln Minna Grey Milton Rosmer |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Moss Films |
Release date | 17 September 1917 |
Running time | 5 reels[1] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Little Women is a 1917 British silent 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]
Cast
- Daisy Burrell as Amy March
- Mary Lincoln as Meg March
- Minna Grey as Marmie March
- Ruby Miller as Jo March
- Milton Rosmer as Theodore Laurence
- Muriel Myers as Beth March
- 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
References
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1914-1918. Routledge, 2005.
- Cartmell, Deborah & Whelehan, Imelda. Adaptations: From Text to Screen, Screen to Text. Routledge, 1999
External links
- Little Women at IMDb
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Categories:
- 1917 films
- British films
- 1910s historical drama films
- British black-and-white films
- British historical drama films
- British silent feature films
- English-language films
- Films directed by Alexander Butler
- Little Women films
- Lost British films
- 1917 lost films
- Lost drama films
- 1917 drama films
- 1910s British film stubs