Leon ames and elizabeth taylor movie

Little Women, 1949, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring June Allyson, Janet Leigh, Elizabeth Taylor, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. Technicolor, 121 minutes.

As the Civil War rages, the March family– sisters Meg (Janet Leigh), Jo (June Allyson), Amy (Elizabeth Taylor), and Beth (Margaret O’Brien) and mother Marmee (Mary Astor)–faces the day-to-day in Concord, Massachusetts.

Their father (Leon Ames) is serving in the Union Army, and while concern about him weighs on them all, it doesn’t keep the lively girls from pursuing interests close to home.

Jo, a rambunctious tomboy, is also an aspiring writer, and her plays help keep the family’s spirits lifted. Accompanying them in their acting is youngest sister Beth,* who pounds away on the family’s old upright piano.

Little Women (1949) – Classic for a Reason

Jo and Beth aren’t the only ones with talent in the family. Amy draws, although her artistic endeavors at times get her in trouble at school.