Little Women is an
1868 autobiographical
novel by
Louisa May Alcott, concerning the lives and loves of four sisters (Jo, Beth, Meg and Amy) growing up during the
American Civil War.
ISBN 0140380221
It has been adapted as a film many times: in 1917, 1918, 1933, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1958, 1970, 1978, 1979 and 1994.
The 1933 film
Little Women is notable for its nomination for an
Academy Award for Best Picture. It was written by
Sarah Y. Mason[?] and
Victor Heerman[?] from the Alcott novel, and was directed by
George Cukor.
The movie starred Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett[?], Jean Parker[?], Frances Dee[?], Douglass Montgomery[?] and Spring Byington[?].
It won the Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay.