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.Cartmell, Deborah & Whelehan, Imelda. Adaptations: From Text to Screen, Screen to Text, p. 81, Routledge, 1999
Plot synopsis The film is set during the American Civil WarFulham Theatre, The Fulham Chronicle (England), 28 December, 1917, p. 8 and tells the experiences of four sisters during the time that their minister father is working away from home.The A. V. Club film synopsis
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
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