Little Women (1917 film)
# Little Women (1917 film)

Little Women is a 1917 British silent historical drama film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Daisy Burrell, Mary Lincoln and Minna Grey. It was the first film adaptation of the 1868-69 two-volume American novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. It is now considered a lost film.

## Plot synopsis

The film is set during the American Civil War and tells the experiences of four sisters during the time that their minister father is working away from home.

## Cast

* Daisy Burrell as Amy March
* Mary Lincoln as Meg March
* Minna Grey as Marmie March
* Muriel Myers as Beth March
* Ruby Miller as Jo March
* Milton Rosmer as Theodore Laurence
* Wyndham Guise as Professor Friedrich Bhaer
* Roy Travers as John Brooke
* Lionel d'Aragon as Mr. Laurence
* Florence Nelson as Aunt March
* Bert Darley as Pastor March
* Molly Vaughan as Sally Moffatt
* Vivian Tremayne as Belle Moffatt
* Sylvia Cavalho as Anne Moffatt
