The enduring classic "Little Women"

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4 жыл бұрын

Correspondent Rita Braver visits the Concord, Mass., home of Louisa May Alcott to explore the story behind her classic novel "Little Women," about the artistic March sisters. She also talks with director Greta Gerwig and actress Saoirse Ronan about the latest movie version of the beloved tale, and with author Anne Boyd Rioux about why we're still talking about "Little Women" 150 years after its publication.
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@susieenglish302 4 жыл бұрын

I have a desk which I write at - only short stories for my own amusement and joy - but I have it because she did and all girls should. To write, to day dream, to invent and to just be themselves.

@AgentIzzy35 4 жыл бұрын

Such a wonderful segment! I cannot wait to see this in theaters with my own mother who encouraged me to read Little Women.

@P2K-24 4 жыл бұрын

The house looks beautiful. Great segment, thanks.

@susanswanson7757 4 жыл бұрын

You forgot June Allison her version of Jo was wonderful.

@johnfd0210 4 жыл бұрын

They showed a lobby card from that version. It also had a couple of incarnations in the Silent Film Era.

@denyze2263 4 жыл бұрын

Susan West ... wow. I remember. What year was that?

@rickG913 4 жыл бұрын

5:43 Who doesn’t consider Little Women to be a classic? Its priceless Americana

@lestudio76 4 жыл бұрын

Rick G 🤚 I just don’t get it 🤷‍♀️

@margo3367 4 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the Bronte sisters and their house, their fantastical make-believe.

@memfresh7464 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve been to that house in Concord Massachusetts . It’s great

@dianewiegel7136 4 жыл бұрын

Saw it today, loved it and Greta's modern take on it. Lovely look at life, love, pain and real, beautiful look at women.

@elizaheathen 4 жыл бұрын

how are you going to mention Katharine Hepburn and not June Allyson who was the best Jo March casting decision of all time

@hectormanuel9793 4 жыл бұрын

Completely agree with you! June is our family's favorite Jo, and this film has been watched by all of us year after year after Thanksgiving for over 4 decades. A classic film!

@viciousLUA 4 жыл бұрын

Winona Ryder is the best Jo of all time....

@inkkvibe 4 жыл бұрын

Winona also.

@melanieohara6941 4 жыл бұрын

Oh, thank you for this! Alcott’s books are Forever Books!🙋🏼‍♀️💞🌟❄️🎄

@sharonroy2645 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

@garyrobertson2840 4 жыл бұрын

Saw it today. A beautiful, fresh take. Go and see!

@65g4 4 жыл бұрын

I cant wait to see this

@ThePinkladies18 2 жыл бұрын

I love this book and movies thank you so much for everything Louisa May Alcott

@marytormey4522 3 ай бұрын

Hi the movie was great and i just visited the house this week and feel that the movie was very real ,thanks for sharing ,

@AQuinn-my3qt 4 жыл бұрын

I loved the new movie! It is totally fresh. I loved the Winona Ryder movie, but this one may even be better...

@noragarza8628 4 жыл бұрын

Louisa May Alcott, a real pioneer! Little House on the Prairie, TV Series

@terryfriend16 4 жыл бұрын

Well, I see this new version, by golly. Season's Greetings ❤

@jennwill80 4 жыл бұрын

That house is such perfection.

@isabelladippel9649 4 жыл бұрын

mission accomplished, I want to live in it 💞

@inkkvibe 4 жыл бұрын

It'd be so interesting to visit the 19th century and to meet the author. Gerwig's quote, "Crawl inside and live there, " that's the 94 version not the current one.

@erintahdahhhh 4 жыл бұрын

Timothee Chalamat is gorgeous ❤️

@robnewman6101 8 ай бұрын

There was the golden age of Scarlet Fevers.

@eleazarbive5386 2 жыл бұрын

is this works of louisa may alcott

@robnewman6101 8 ай бұрын

I believe the story of Little Women ends in the year of 1868.

@aparnarajesh 4 жыл бұрын

Ever After author Anna Todd made awful retelling of Little Women called Spring Girls

@user-uo4rf4ez8c 4 жыл бұрын

Did we need, yet, another version? smh

@L.Spencer 4 жыл бұрын

They just did one with Maya Hawke.

@AQuinn-my3qt 4 жыл бұрын

That's what I thought... until I saw this one a few hours ago. Then I realized, yes, yes we did need a new version.

@jennwill80 4 жыл бұрын

I don't really understand the comment that the family was poor. I mean, did poor in the 19th century mean something different? To me, a family is not poor if they can afford to have such illustrious minds as neighbors. It's like poverty was some romantic notion in terms of the Alcotts. Like it was the kind of poverty that only exists in, ironically, stories that I've read while in my experience real poverty has no such redeemable qualities. Real poverty has no charms but is rather a pervasive LACK. I really want to figure out what is meant by calling the Alcott's "poor." Were they really poor in the modern sense of the word?

@centerstagestudios285 4 жыл бұрын

Jennifer Williams honestly Louisa romanticized her childhood quite a bit in Little Women. Her father had frequent financial endeavors which failed and impacted the family. Louisa describes days of not eating, but that aspect of their lives isn’t touched on in the book, because Louisa still idolized her father, nor is it mentioned much in the movie adaptations. The fine things they had were bought at a time when they still had money and then taken care of and used until they fell apart, because that’s just what had to be done. It also seems that the family became friends with a lot of these great minds before they were successful, and they got along well because Louisa’s father was an intellectual and pioneer in modern education, and his daughters were as smart and ambitious as he was.

@jreyas6263 2 жыл бұрын

Susan Dey was the best Jo.

@cynthianolder3557 7 ай бұрын

Didn't care so much for the newest version Also, not sure why they had Beth as the youngest, in 1949 version, when Amy was the youngest

@peggyprose 4 жыл бұрын

As much as I loved Katherine Hepburn, she was never my favorite Jo. She over-acted.

@robnewman6101 8 ай бұрын

American Civil War 1861-1865.

@robnewman6101 8 ай бұрын

Abraham Lincoln the 16th President of The United States of America.

@lestudio76 4 жыл бұрын

I don’t think it’s that great of a story. Not sure why it’s endured.

@Zack-bt3mk 4 жыл бұрын

maybe because opinions are subjective and yours is in the minority

@lestudio76 4 жыл бұрын

SoYoureALiar2 obviously

@peggyprose 4 жыл бұрын

Too bad the new movie wasn't edited better!😞

@tj-kv6vr 4 жыл бұрын

Is is "possible" that the LIberal Media make too much of being a woman??????

@Kristina-gz2wu 4 жыл бұрын

I have never read the book and I can't bring myself to watching the movie! I really don't understand the appeal.

@denyze2263 4 жыл бұрын

Kristina ... if you don’t want to watch it, that’s fine. And there are people who don’t understand the appeal of Louisa May Alcott’s rich description of the love, challenges, and humdrum of a family as the grow and individuate. It’s the richness of the tapestry that has appealed to generations.

@Luisa-ou4tf 4 жыл бұрын

its because you dont know it lol

@shelleysteva2251 4 жыл бұрын

Kristina you will never understand unless you do!

@azurevalleys 4 жыл бұрын

If you haven’t seen or read it, then it would be very hard to understand...but it truly is to me

@karenkaren3189 4 жыл бұрын

It’s a wonderful book and the movie versions are all wonderful.