Little Women is a book that’s been adapted into some sort of visual medium, whether it’s a big-screen film, or a TV movie, or even a mini-series, many many times.
Now, we have been making an effort to keep the episodes down to a more digestible length, but this time around we’ve got a righteously overstuffed episode simply because we’re discussing three films rather than the usual two, plus there’s such a rich vein of original material to pick through as we compare and contrast three different film adaptations of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women.
So strap yourself in: we spend about 40 minutes on the 1933 version, directed by George Cukor and starring Katharine Hepburn as Jo, then after the break we move on to 1994, directed by Gillian Armstrong and starring Winona Ryder, and finish with the Greta Gerwig-directed version from 2019, starring Saoirse Ronan. Have your popcorn ready, it’s a long ride.
COMING ATTRACTIONS:
In our next episode we go traveling with some Foreign Correspondents. First up is a trip to Nicaragua, with 1983’s Under Fire. After that we jump to 1997 when we receive a hearty Welcome to Sarajevo.