YMMV / Little Women (1933)

• Common Knowledge: Often called the first film adaptation of the book, it's actually the third; there were two silent versions before it that are now considered lost.
• Just Here for Godzilla: Katharine Hepburn as Jo is the main draw, with many noting that since she basically was Jo, not much thought was put into casting the other sisters.
• Questionable Casting: Joan Bennett looks far too mature to play Amy as a little girl, not least because she was pregnant throughout filming!
• Tough Act to Follow: This set the bar so high with adaptations that it wasn't until the 1994 version that another even came close to rivalling it in popularity.
• Values Resonance: This film was a monster hit because, not in spite of, it happened to be released the worst year of The Great Depression. The audience really took to the story of a family who were trying to make the best of a terrible situation without losing their spirits.

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