Editing Little Women (section)

===Film===
''Little Women'' has been adapted to film seven times. The [[Little Women (1917 film)|first adaptation]] was a [[silent film]] directed by [[Alexander Butler]] and released in 1917, which starred [[Daisy Burrell]] as Amy, Mary Lincoln as Meg, [[Ruby Miller (actress)|Ruby Miller]] as Jo, and Muriel Myers as Beth. It is considered a [[lost film]].<ref>Deborah Cartmell, Imelda Whelehan, ''Adaptations: From Text to Screen, Screen to Text'' (London: Routledge, 1999), p. 81</ref>

Another [[Little Women (1918 film)|silent film adaptation]] was released in 1918 and directed by [[Harley Knoles]]. It starred [[Isabel Lamon]] as Meg, [[Dorothy Bernard]] as Jo, Lillian Hall as Beth, and Florence Flinn as Amy. It is also considered a lost film.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List |url=https://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/L/LittleWomen1918.html |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=www.silentera.com}}</ref>

[[George Cukor]] directed the [[Little Women (1933 film)|first sound adaptation]] of ''Little Women'', starring [[Katharine Hepburn]] as Jo, [[Joan Bennett]] as Amy, [[Frances Dee]] as Meg, and [[Jean Parker]] as Beth. The film was released in 1933.<ref>{{Citation |title=Little Women (1933) |url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film247201.html |access-date=2023-12-08 |language=en}}</ref> In [[Radio City Music Hall]] the film was "breaking box-office records" in the fall of 1933, and Hepburn received top billing.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4SHFCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA174 |page=174 |title=American Rhapsody: Writers, Musicians, Movie Stars, and One Great Building |first=Claudia Roth |last=Pierpont |authorlink=Claudia Roth Pierpont |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |year=2016 |isbn=9780374708771}}</ref> It was followed by an [[Little Men (1934 film)|adaptation of ''Little Men'']] the following year.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

The [[Little Women (1949 film)|first color adaptation]] starred [[June Allyson]] as Jo, [[Margaret O'Brien]] as Beth, [[Elizabeth Taylor]] as Amy, and [[Janet Leigh]] as Meg. Directed by [[Mervyn LeRoy]], it was released in 1949. The film [[22nd Academy Awards|received two Academy Award nominations for color film]], for Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction/Set Direction, the latter for which it received the Oscar.<ref>{{Citation |title=Little Women (1949) |url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film635699.html |access-date=2023-12-08 |language=en}}</ref>

[[Gillian Armstrong]] directed a [[Little Women (1994 film)|1994 adaptation]], starring [[Winona Ryder]] as Jo, [[Trini Alvarado]] as Meg, [[Samantha Mathis]] and [[Kirsten Dunst]] as Amy, [[Claire Danes]] as Beth, [[Christian Bale]] as Laurie and [[Susan Sarandon]] as Marmee. The film received three Academy Award nominations, including [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] for Ryder.<ref>{{Citation |title=Little Women (1994) |url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film227102.html |access-date=2023-12-08 |language=en}}</ref>

A [[Little Women (2018 film)|contemporary film adaptation]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.littlewomenthemovie.com/casting |title=Casting Call |work=Little Women, a modern adaptation |access-date=February 14, 2017 |archive-date=November 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129014658/https://www.littlewomenthemovie.com/casting |url-status=dead }}</ref> was released in 2018 to mark the 150th anniversary of the novel.<ref name= "LT Deadline" /> It was directed by Clare Niederpruem in her directorial debut and starred Sarah Davenport as Jo, Allie Jennings as Beth, Melanie Stone as Meg, and Elise Jones and Taylor Murphy as Amy.<ref name= "LT Deadline">{{cite news| url= https://deadline.com/2017/04/lea-thompson-adaptation-little-women-movie-1202078635/ | title= Lea Thompson To Star in New Feature Adaptation Of 'Little Women' | first= Anita | last= Busch | date= April 27, 2017 | work= [[Deadline Hollywood]] | access-date= June 23, 2018}}</ref>

Writer, and director [[Greta Gerwig]] took on the story in her [[Little Women (2019 film)|2019 adaptation of the novel]]. The film stars [[Saoirse Ronan]] as Jo, [[Emma Watson]] as Meg, [[Florence Pugh]] as Amy, [[Laura Dern]] as Marmee, [[Meryl Streep]] as Aunt March, [[Eliza Scanlen]] as Beth and [[Timothee Chalamet]] as Laurie. The film received six Academy Award nominations, including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Eldredge |first1=Kristy |title=Opinion {{!}} Men Are Dismissing 'Little Women.' What a Surprise. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/27/opinion/little-women-movie.html?te=1&nl=david-leonhardt&emc=edit_ty_20191227?campaign_id=39&instance_id=14817&segment_id=19895&user_id=579ae23cfcbd75c9aac87cb571cc201c&regi_id=7299543920191227 |website=The New York Times |access-date=December 27, 2019 |date=December 27, 2019}}</ref>