| Little Women | |
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| Based on | Little Women by Louisa May Alcott |
| Written by | Suzanne Clauser |
| Directed by | David Lowell Rich |
| Starring | Meredith Baxter Birney Susan Dey Ann Dusenberry Eve Plumb Dorothy McGuire Greer Garson Robert Young |
| Music by | Elmer Bernstein |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | David Victor |
| Cinematography | Joseph Biroc |
| Editor(s) | Jim Benson Donald Douglas |
| Running time | 200 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Groverton Productions Universal Television |
| Distributor | NBC |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | October 2 – 3, 1978 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Little Women (1994 film) |
Little Women is a 1978 American television miniseries directed by David Lowell Rich and based on the classic 1868 novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott. The teleplay was written by Suzanne Clauser and is the fifth film adaptation of the Alcott classic, the previous four having been released theatrically in 1917, 1918, 1933 and 1949. The cast includes Susan Dey, Meredith Baxter Birney, Ann Dusenberry, Eve Plumb, Dorothy McGuire, William Schallert, Greer Garson, Robert Young, Richard Gilliland, William Shatner and John de Lancie.
A miniseries is a television program that tells a story in a predetermined, limited number of episodes. The term "serial" is used in the United Kingdom and in other Commonwealth nations, though its meaning does not necessarily equate to "miniseries" in its usage.
David Lowell Rich was an American film director and producer. He directed nearly 100 films and TV episodes between 1950 and 1987. He was born in New York City.
Little Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888), which was originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. Alcott wrote the books over several months at the request of her publisher. Following the lives of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy—the novel details their passage from childhood to womanhood and is loosely based on the author and her three sisters. Scholars classify Little Women as an autobiographical or semi-autobiographical novel.
Contents
- Plot
- Cast
- The March Family (miniseries)
- The March Family (regular series)
- The Laurence Family
- Miscellaneous (miniseries)
- Miscellaneous (regular series)
- Awards
- Home media
- References
- External links
The three-hour miniseries was produced by Universal Television and originally aired in two parts on NBC on October 2–3, 1978. A brief series followed in 1979, airing from February 8 to March 8, 1979. Eve Plumb was among the miniseries cast members who returned (although her character Beth had died in the miniseries, as she had in the original book), playing a cousin of the family called Lissa. [1]
Universal Television LLC is the television production subsidiary of the NBCUniversal Content Studios and, by extension, the production arm of the NBC television network. It was formerly known as Revue Studios, MCA/Universal, NBC Productions, NBC Studios, NBC Universal Television Studio, and Universal Media Studios. Both NBC Studios and Universal Network Television are predecessors of Universal Media Studios.
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial terrestrial radio and television networks that is a flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. The network is headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, with additional major offices near Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia. The network is one of the Big Three television networks. NBC is sometimes referred to as the "Peacock Network", in reference to its stylized peacock logo, introduced in 1956 to promote the company's innovations in early color broadcasting. It became the network's official emblem in 1979.
Eve Aline Plumb is an American actress, singer, and painter. She is known for her portrayal of middle daughter Jan Brady on the sitcom The Brady Bunch.
