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MEMORABLE SCENES FROM "LITTLE WOMEN" HAVE HUMOR AND POIGNANT PATHOS
(Continued from page 43) approaching death, will dissolve in tears anyone not beneath contempt. But all the other members of the cast do everything one could ask with their parts.
Elizabeth Taylor, in a blonde wig, performs with fine humor as the elegantly malaprop Amy; Janet Leigh is deft and radiant as Meg ; Peter Lawf ord as Laurie, the rich boy next door, proves again he doesn't have to rely on charm alone; Lucile .Watson is properly insufferable as the acidulously generous Aunt March; Rossano Brazzi, making his American debut after an outstanding career in Italian films, is just right as Professor Bhaer; and Mary Astor makes clear why mothers are held in general esteem. Then there's — but everyone involved is excellent.
Little Women does have its flaws. Here and there the pace might have been brisker, and sometimes the sweetness and Technicolored light flows a bit too continuously. But as a generally faithful transcription of the novel, packed with incidents gay and sad, it's a vast and enchanting delight — certainly a refreshing antidote to all the gunfire and gore currently showing.
Jo dreads to think that she and her sisters must grow up and that their happy companionship must be disrupted. When Meg is married, Jo stays aloof from the festivities.
With Meg married, Beth in her grave and Amy the bride of Laurie, Jo sadly looks back on the happy old days with her sisters.