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Plunkett also had to redesign several of Joan Bennett's costumes to conceal her advancing pregnancy, a condition Bennett intentionally had not mentioned to George Cukor when he cast her in the film. Selznick received no screen credit, he returned to RKO from MGM to supervise the production as the last film left in his contract with the studio.Īt the request of Katharine Hepburn, costume designer Walter Plunkett created a dress for her character copied from one worn by her maternal grandmother in a tintype Hepburn had.

Douglass Montgomery as Theodore "Laurie" LaurenceĪlthough David O.

Katharine Hepburn as Josephine "Jo" March.

The cast list is presented thus: actor/actress - character. Jo then accepts the proposal of marriage offered by the professor, and Amy and Laurie eventually wed as well. After her sister dies, Jo learns that Amy, who accompanied Aunt March to Europe, has fallen in love with Laurie.

With his help and encouragement, Jo improves her writing and resolves her confused feelings about Laurie.Ī debilitated Beth nears death, and Jo returns to Concord. There she meets Professor Bhaer, an impoverished German linguist. When he snubs her in return, Jo moves to a New York City boarding house to pursue her writing career. Laurie confesses his love to Jo, who rejects him. Her parents return, and Meg marries John. She recovers but is left in a weakened state. During her absence, Beth contracts scarlet fever from a neighbour's baby. Marmee learns her husband has been wounded and is recuperating in a Washington, DC hospital, so she leaves home to care for him. During the next several months, Meg is courted by John, Jo has her first short story published, and Beth frequently takes advantage of Mr Laurence's offer and practices on his piano. The Laurences invite them to a lavish party, where Meg meets Laurie's tutor, John Brooke. The girls meet Laurie, who has come to live with his grandfather Mr Laurence, the Marches' wealthy next-door neighbour. Amy March is pretty and artistic but a little selfish, sensible Meg works as a seamstress, and sensitive Beth practices on her clavichord, an ageing instrument sorely in need of tuning.

Spirited tomboy Jo, who caters to the whims of their well-to-do Aunt March, dreams of becoming a famous author and writes plays for her sisters to perform for the local children. Set in Concord, Massachusetts during and after the American Civil War, the film is a series of vignettes focusing on the struggles and adventures of the four March sisters and their mother, affectionately known as Marmee, as they await the return of their father, who is fighting with the Union Army.