• It is the Katharine Hepburn show from the very beginning- her name is above the title which is striking and she’s is getting the bulk attention from Cukor’s camera’s in every big emotional scene. This may sound like criticism but it only if it doesn’t work—and Hepburn is phenomenal here.
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It is the Katharine Hepburn show from the very beginning- her name is above the title which is striking
a great arrangement of the family here
  • She has Jo’s energy, spark and brings her athleticism to the role. She’s a tomboy who sounds “Christopher Columbus” and “I like good strong words that mean something”. It’s a tour-de-force—when Beth is sick we get a close-up of Hepburn. One of the two best shots in the film is the family in the deep background and Hepburn in the foreground.
One of the two best shots in the film is the family in the deep background and Hepburn in the foreground.
  • Cukor does solid work arranging the four sisters in the frame. One in particular is a very nice shot of the mother with her back to the camera and the four girls arranged in from—a story of femininity and coming of age with obvious strong source material
  • Cukor was known not only a frequent collaborator of Hepburn’s, but as a women’s director (sometimes meant as an insult)—but I don’t see it as one. The performances are uniformly good.
Hepburn captures Jo’s energy, spark and brings her athleticism to the role. She’s a tomboy who sounds “Christopher Columbus” and “I like good strong words that mean something”
  • A couldn’t completely find the shot but there’s a stunner of Hepburn shot laying against a tree through a fence caught perfectly in a frame within a frame by Cukor
A couldn’t completely find the shot but there’s a stunner of Hepburn shot laying against a tree through a fence caught perfectly in a frame within a frame by Cukor
  • Highly Recommend