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Girls really love Jo March, but Louisa May Alcott's awkward bookworm never survives the translation into film. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)

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From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
Date: 19950106
Author:Newsom, Mary

The reason I went to see the new ``Little Women'' was to learn what the moviemakers could possibly have added to the beloved 1868 tale of girlhood entering womanhood to earn it a PG (parental guidance) rating.

Would there be a scene with Amy in the bath, her shapely young backside discreetly turned to the camera? Maybe Jo and Professor Bhaer would have some of those Little Men rather too soon after the wedding? Or Marmee, upon hearing Mr. March was hospitalized, would burst forth with an unsaintly expletive?

As it turns out, the film had no scenes that wouldn't pass the ...

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