Little Women - 1933

Joan Bennett was pregnant at the time she played Amy.

Katharine Hepburn wrote in her autobiography, "This picture was heaven to do - George Cukor perfect. He really caught the atmosphere. It was to me my youth!"

Louise Closser Hale first performed the role of Aunt March, but after her death on July 26, 1933, in the middle of filming, Edna May Oliver took over the role.

Katharine Hepburn asked costume designer Walter Plunkett to copy a dress her maternal grandmother wore in a tintype photograph.

Uncredited producer David O. Selznick had a difficult time convincing RKO executives to produce this film, as there was a belief in Hollywood at the time that films based on historic novels were not popular, particularly one that centered on women during the Civil War. Selznick persisted and the film was a commercial success. Because of this, later in the decade Selznick produced Gone with the Wind (1939) through his own production company, Selznick International Pictures, from the novel by Margaret Mitchell.

Cast of Little Women

Katharine Hepburn ..... Jo March
Joan Bennett ..... Amy March
Jean Parker ..... Beth March
Frances Dee ..... Meg March
Spring Byington ..... Marmee March
Douglass Montgomery ..... Laurie Laurence
Paul Lukas ..... Professor Bhaer
Henry Stephenson ..... Mr. Laurence
Edna May Oliver ..... Aunt March