Little Women (1994)

Little Women poster

Columbia Pictures Corporation
Starring:
 Winona Ryder, Claire Danes
Directed by: Gillian Armstrong

Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film!

Synopsis: Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott. The March sisters come of age while awaiting the return of their father who is fighting in the American Civil War.

Kitty Cameos: A female tabby cat lives in the March home and is first seen sitting on the desk beside Jo (Winona Ryder) as she writes her stories late at night.

Little Women - tabby cat sitting next to Jo Winona Ryder as she writes

Little Women - tabby cat sitting next to Jo Winona Ryder as she writes

Later in the film, Jo and her sister Beth (Claire Danes) are bringing logs to the woodpile outside the house. Some kittens are sitting on the pile and as the girls finish they gather the kittens and take them inside. Presumably the kittens are those of the mother tabby cat.

Little Women - Jo Winona Ryder and Beth Claire Danes at the woodpile with kittens

Little Women - Jo Winona Ryder and Beth Claire Danes at the woodpile with kittens

Little Women - Beth Claire Danes holding white and Siamese kittens

Little Women - Beth Claire Danes with white kitten over shoulder

Little Women - Beth Claire Danes walking indoors with white kitten over shoulder

The tabby cat is next seen wearing a bonnet as the March sisters enact a play. The cat is playing the part of the Countess de Montanescu. According to the director the human actresses enjoyed filming this play-acting scene but the cat actor wasn’t as thrilled.

Little Women - tabby cat in bonnet close up

Little Women - Jo Winona Ryder and Meg Trini Alvarado play acting with tabby cat in bonnet

Little Women - Meg Trini Alvarado holding up tabby cat in bonnet

The tabby cat and her kittens return in a later scene when the girls are gathered around Amy in her bed, playing with and petting the kittens. The mother cat is sitting nearby in a separate shot.

Little Women - Beth Claire Danes with tabby cat nearby

Little Women - girls in bed with kittens

Little Women - girls in bed with kittens

Little Women - girls in bed with kittens

Final Mewsings: Little women love little kittens.


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