Little Women (Studio One adaptation)

"**Little Women**"
"Little Women"
Studio One episode
Directed by	Paul Nickell; Lela Swift
Written by	Sumner Locke Elliott
Based on	Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Original air dates	18 December 1950; 25 December 1950
Running time	60 mins an episode

Little Women is a 1950 American television play, adapting the classic novel Little Women over two nights for Studio One.

The first was Little Women: Meg's Story on December 18, followed by Little Women: Jo's Story on Christmas Day. Meg's Story was directed by Paul Nickell and Jo's Story by Lela Swift.

Cast

Nancy Marchand as Jo
June Dayton as Beth
Peg Hillias as Mrs. March
Lois Hall as Amy
Mary Sinclair as Meg
Elizabeth Patterson as Aunt March
Kent Smith as Professor Bhaer
John Baragrey as Mr. Brooks
Berry Kroeger as Mr. Laurence
Una O'Connor as Hannah
Conrad Bain Dr. Bangs

Reception

Reviewing "Meg's Story" Variety felt it "caught the spirit of the family which manages to be happy despite its pinching and scraping, and the acting and direction gave the piece realism despite its sentimental outlook. Sets were particularly good."^[1]

Reviewing "Jo's Story" Variety thought "it registered with an emotional impact, with the sensitive adaptation of Sumner Locke Eliott and the realistic direction of Lela Swift pointing up the warm, human values in the classic."^[2]

The Oakland Tribune called it "a fine production".^[3]

References

^ "Tele follow up". Variety. 20 December 1950. p. 30.
^ "Tele follow ups". Variety. 27 December 1950. p. 28.
^ Crosby, John (26 December 1950). "Erwin family". Oakland Tribune. p. 13.

External links

[1] "Tele follow up". Variety. 20 December 1950. p. 30.

[2] "Tele follow ups". Variety. 27 December 1950. p. 28.

[3] Crosby, John (26 December 1950). "Erwin family". Oakland Tribune. p. 13.

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v t e Works of Sumner Locke Elliott
Novels	Careful, He Might Hear You (1963) Some Doves and Pythons (1966) Edens Lost (1969) The Man Who Got Away (1972)
Plays	The Cow Jumped Over the Moon (1937) Interval (1939) The Little Sheep Run Fast (1940) Goodbye to the Music (1942) Your Obedient Servant (1943) The Invisible Circus (1946) Wicked Is the Vine (1948) Rusty Bugles (1948) Buy Me Blue Ribbons (1951) John Murray Anderson's Almanac (1953)
TV scripts	Of Human Bondage (1949) Wicked Is the Vine (1949) The Crater (1949) Jane Eyre (1949) Little Women (1950) The Rose Garden (1951) The Thin Air (1952) We Were Children (1952) The Girl with the Stop Watch (1953) Before I Wake (1953) Friday the 13th (1954) Buy Me Blue Ribbons (1954) The Women (1955) Beloved Stranger (1955) The King and Mrs. Candle (1955) Daisy, Daisy (1955) Keyhole (1956) You and Me and the Gatepost (1956) Whereabouts Unknown (1957) Mrs. Gilling and the Skyscraper (1957) The Count of Monte Cristo (1958) The Winslow Boy (1958) The Grey Nurse Said Nothing (1959) (US) The Grey Nurse Said Nothing (1960) (Aust) The Prisoner of Zenda (1961) Notorious (1961) Spellbound (1962)
Adaptations	Rusty Bugles (1965) Water Under the Bridge (1980) Rusty Bugles (1981) Careful, He Might Hear You (1983) Edens Lost (1989 TV mini series)
Radio	Crazy Family (1939) Tradesman's Entrance (1941) Jezebel's Daughter (1941) Grand City (1942) Girl of the Ballet (1942) The Man in the Dark (1944) The Army Hour (1944) Lily Parker (1947) Scarlet Rhapsody (1947) Wicked Is the Vine (1947) Ride a Cock Horse (1948) The Crater (1948) The Rose Garden (1950) The Thin Air (1954) We Were Children (1954) Friday the 13th (1955)