| Description |
2 videodiscs (194 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; Dolby Digital; full screen presentation (4x3 aspect). |
| Note |
Title from disc. |
| Cast |
Meredith Baxter Birney, Susan Dey, Ann Dusenberry, Eve Plumb, Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young, Greer Garson, Richard Gilliland, Cliff Potts, William Schallert, William Shatner. |
| Credits |
Costumes, Edith Head ; music, Elmer Bernstein ; screen adaptation, Suzanne Clauser ; cinematography, Joseph F. Biroc. |
| Note |
Originally released as a television program produced in 1978. |
| Awards |
Emmy Awards: Outstanding art direction for a series. |
| Summary |
Set in New England during the Civil War, it chronicles the lives and loves of Jo, Meg, Amy, and Beth, four sisters who must rely on each other for strength in the face of tragedies both large and small, after their father leaves for battle. |
| Note |
Based on the book of the same title by Louisa May Alcott. |
| Subject |
Families -- New England -- Drama.
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March family (Fictitious characters) -- Drama.
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Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
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Sisters -- New England -- Drama.
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Young women -- Drama.
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New England -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Drama.
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New England -- Social life and customs -- Drama.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
DVD-video discs.
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Television movies.
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Historical television programs.
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Television mini-series.
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Television adaptations.
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Family -- Television mini-series.
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Adaptation -- Television mini-series.
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| Added Author |
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888.
Little women.
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Baxter, Meredith, 1947-
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Bernstein, Elmer.
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Biroc, Joseph, 1903-1996.
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Clauser, Suzanne.
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Dey, Susan, 1952-
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Dusenberry, Ann, 1953-
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Garson, Greer, 1904-1996.
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Gilliland, Richard.
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Head, Edith.
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McGuire, Dorothy, 1918-2001.
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Plumb, Eve, 1958-
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Potts, Cliff, 1945-
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Rich, David Lowell.
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Schallert, William, 1922-2016
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Shatner, William.
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Victor, David.
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Young, Robert, 1907-1998.
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Groverton Productions (Firm)
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Koch Entertainment (Firm)
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NBC Universal Television.
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| ISBN |
1417230053 |
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9781417230051 |
| Standard No. |
741952648192 |
| Music No. |
KOC-DV-6481 Koch Entertainment |
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