WEBVTT 00:02:40.745 --> 00:02:44.124 -Is this too fast? -Harder! 00:02:53.383 --> 00:02:55.635 My sisters and I remember that winter... 00:02:55.844 --> 00:02:58.471 ...as the coldest of our childhood. 00:02:58.680 --> 00:03:02.016 A temporary poverty had settled upon our family some years before. 00:03:03.435 --> 00:03:06.646 The war had made fuel and lamp oil scarce... 00:03:06.855 --> 00:03:09.983 ...but necessity is indeed the mother of invention. 00:03:10.191 --> 00:03:12.235 Somehow in that dark time... 00:03:12.444 --> 00:03:15.113 ...our family, the March family... 00:03:15.321 --> 00:03:17.699 ...seemed to create its own light. 00:03:17.907 --> 00:03:20.076 Marmee! Marmee's home! 00:03:27.500 --> 00:03:29.502 -Marmee! -Marmee! 00:03:29.711 --> 00:03:30.754 We waited and waited ! 00:03:30.962 --> 00:03:33.548 We've been expectorating you for hours! 00:03:33.757 --> 00:03:37.135 -Have you , my darling? -"Expecting," featherhead . 00:03:37.343 --> 00:03:39.345 -Oh , Marmee, you're frozen . -Yes. 00:03:39.554 --> 00:03:42.515 If you could see the people lined up outside Hope House in this bitter cold . 00:03:42.724 --> 00:03:44.851 Your cheeks are so warm. Thank you , Cricket. 00:03:45.059 --> 00:03:46.603 Are you finished the Christmas bundles? 00:03:46.811 --> 00:03:48.980 So many this year. We were handing out-- 00:03:49.189 --> 00:03:50.940 -Oh , how is your cold? -Better. 00:03:51.149 --> 00:03:55.445 Good . We were handing out food as quickly as we could make up the baskets. 00:03:55.653 --> 00:04:00.033 -Miss Amy, what is this in my pocket? -Father! 00:04:09.626 --> 00:04:12.837 "My dearest family, I am well and safe. 00:04:13.046 --> 00:04:15.089 Our battalion is encamped on the Potomac." 00:04:15.298 --> 00:04:18.176 -Potomac. -Potomac. 00:04:18.384 --> 00:04:22.722 "December makes a hard , cold season for all of us so far from home. 00:04:22.931 --> 00:04:24.599 I think of my girls day and night... 00:04:24.766 --> 00:04:27.352 ...and find my best comfort in your affection . 00:04:27.560 --> 00:04:31.147 I pray that your own hardships will not be too great to bear. 00:04:31.356 --> 00:04:34.567 Give them all my dear love and a kiss. 00:04:34.776 --> 00:04:37.946 Tell them I think of them by day, pray for them by night." 00:04:38.154 --> 00:04:42.826 -Poor father. -I'm a selfish girl . 00:04:43.660 --> 00:04:44.702 Little ones. 00:04:46.412 --> 00:04:49.707 It's Christmas Eve. Father wouldn't want us to be sad now. 00:05:10.436 --> 00:05:13.022 To bed , Miss Amy. Merry Christmas, sweetheart. 00:05:13.231 --> 00:05:15.400 Merry Christmas. 00:05:18.778 --> 00:05:22.198 -Merry Christmas. -Merry Christmas. 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:27.328 Merry Christmas, Beth . 00:05:27.537 --> 00:05:29.956 -Love you . -I love you . 00:05:32.834 --> 00:05:38.256 -My Jo. Merry Christmas. -Merry Christmas, Marmee. 00:05:41.551 --> 00:05:43.553 And don't sit up too Iate. 00:05:43.761 --> 00:05:44.888 I won't. 00:06:06.784 --> 00:06:10.496 Late at night, my mind would come alive with voices and stories... 00:06:10.705 --> 00:06:14.292 ...and friends as dear to me as any in the real world. 00:06:14.500 --> 00:06:19.380 L gave myself up to it, longing for transformation. 00:06:23.718 --> 00:06:26.220 Oh , what miraculous food . 00:06:26.429 --> 00:06:29.849 Isn't this just Iike the old days, Hannah? 00:06:32.143 --> 00:06:34.228 We shouldn't eat it. We should just look at it. 00:06:34.437 --> 00:06:35.813 I'm going to eat it. 00:06:36.022 --> 00:06:39.233 Jo? Jo, come down . 00:06:46.824 --> 00:06:50.662 I'm awake! Horrible piano. 00:06:51.663 --> 00:06:54.624 Hannah's put together an absolute Christmas miracle. 00:06:54.832 --> 00:06:57.377 Is that sausage? 00:06:58.503 --> 00:07:00.171 Wait. 00:07:01.673 --> 00:07:05.802 Butter! Oh , isn't butter divinity? 00:07:06.010 --> 00:07:07.637 Oh , God , thank you for this breakfast. 00:07:07.845 --> 00:07:09.973 Jo, angel , fetch your Marmee. 00:07:10.181 --> 00:07:13.476 She went out at the crack of dawn to see some Germans. 00:07:13.685 --> 00:07:17.146 Hummel , the boy said . Not a word of English . 00:07:17.355 --> 00:07:22.402 H is da's gone. Six children , and she's about to issue another. 00:07:22.610 --> 00:07:24.612 May as well take them a stick of firewood . 00:07:24.821 --> 00:07:26.072 Sure they haven't got any. 00:07:26.572 --> 00:07:29.200 Or breakfast either. 00:07:29.409 --> 00:07:32.412 Perhaps we could send the H ummels our bread . 00:07:35.832 --> 00:07:39.002 Might as well send the butter too. Butter's not much use... 00:07:39.210 --> 00:07:41.587 ...without bread to put it on . 00:07:57.687 --> 00:07:59.564 Oh , wonderful snow. 00:07:59.772 --> 00:08:02.567 Don't you wish you could roll about in it Iike dogs? 00:08:02.775 --> 00:08:06.154 Once one of our finest families. 00:08:12.326 --> 00:08:14.287 Lovely weather for a picnic! 00:08:14.495 --> 00:08:17.498 Come along , Theodore. We'll be Iate for church . 00:08:23.004 --> 00:08:27.884 Jo, you should Iet them speak first. What will they think of us? 00:08:28.092 --> 00:08:29.886 Oh , don't look back. 00:09:02.543 --> 00:09:06.506 "Knights and Iadies, elves and pages, monks and flower girls... 00:09:06.714 --> 00:09:09.008 ...all mingled gaily in the dance. 00:09:09.217 --> 00:09:13.554 Pauline cried out in horror as her bridegroom's mask fell ... 00:09:13.763 --> 00:09:16.140 ...disclosing not her Iover, Ferdinand ... 00:09:16.349 --> 00:09:20.478 ...but the face of his sworn enemy, Count Antonio. 00:09:21.813 --> 00:09:26.150 'Revenge is mine,' quoth he." 00:09:28.653 --> 00:09:31.322 Continued in the following edition . 00:09:31.531 --> 00:09:34.450 Excellent installment, Mr. Snodgrass. 00:09:38.704 --> 00:09:41.541 -Oh , I Iove forbidden marriages. -You ought to publish it, Jo. 00:09:41.707 --> 00:09:44.001 Really. Not just in the Pickwick Portfolio. 00:09:44.210 --> 00:09:46.462 Mr. Tupman , are you demeaning our fine newspaper? 00:09:46.629 --> 00:09:48.714 Mr. Winkle. 00:09:50.174 --> 00:09:53.344 "One periwink-- Advertisement." 00:09:54.804 --> 00:09:57.890 "One periwinkle sash belonging to Mr. N . Winkle... 00:09:58.099 --> 00:10:01.018 ...has been abscondated from the wash Iine... 00:10:01.227 --> 00:10:05.273 ...which gentleman desires any reports Ieading to its recovery." 00:10:10.153 --> 00:10:14.323 Gentlemen of the press, hear, hear. I call to your attention ... 00:10:14.532 --> 00:10:16.200 ...our Mr. Tupman's "The History of the Squash ." 00:10:16.409 --> 00:10:19.996 -Oh , don't read mine. -Beth , this isn't a story. It's a recipe. 00:10:20.204 --> 00:10:21.956 Oh , dear, I never know what to write. 00:10:22.165 --> 00:10:27.044 First rule of writing , Mr. Tupman , is never write what you know. 00:10:28.296 --> 00:10:30.965 What do we think of the boy? 00:10:31.174 --> 00:10:35.469 Is he a captive Iike Smee in Nicholas Nickleby? 00:10:35.678 --> 00:10:38.890 He looks Ionely. You don't think he'll try to call? 00:10:39.098 --> 00:10:43.644 Maybe he has a secret. A tragic, European secret. 00:10:43.853 --> 00:10:46.105 He's had no upbringing at all , they say. 00:10:46.314 --> 00:10:48.983 He was reared in Italy among artists and vagrants. 00:10:49.192 --> 00:10:51.360 Doesn't he have a noble brow? 00:10:51.569 --> 00:10:54.155 If I were a boy, I'd wanna Iook just Iike that. 00:10:54.363 --> 00:10:57.200 I magine giving up Italy to come Iive with that awful old man . 00:10:57.408 --> 00:10:59.660 Oh , Jo, please don't say "awful ." It's slang . 00:10:59.869 --> 00:11:01.871 I'd be terrified to live with him . 00:11:04.165 --> 00:11:08.502 I shouldn't mind living in such a fine house, and having nice things. 00:11:08.711 --> 00:11:11.923 Oh , it doesn't seem Iike Christmas this year without presents. 00:11:13.549 --> 00:11:16.844 I'm desperate for drawing pencils. 00:11:17.345 --> 00:11:22.266 I wish I didn't have to work for Great-Aunt March , that crabby old miser. 00:11:22.475 --> 00:11:25.102 And you , Beth . What's your Christmas wish? 00:11:25.311 --> 00:11:29.273 I'd Iike the war to end so father can come home. 00:11:29.482 --> 00:11:33.194 Oh , sweet Beth . We all want that. 00:11:34.278 --> 00:11:36.197 They do have a beautiful piano. 00:11:36.405 --> 00:11:40.201 Wait till I'm a writer. I'Il buy you the best piano in creation . 00:11:40.409 --> 00:11:43.120 And if she doesn't, you can come over and play mine. 00:11:43.329 --> 00:11:45.998 When I marry, I'm going to be disgustingly rich . 00:11:46.207 --> 00:11:50.002 And what if the man you Iove is a poor man , but good Iike father? 00:11:50.211 --> 00:11:54.173 Well , it isn't Iike being stuck with the dreadful nose you get. 00:11:54.382 --> 00:11:56.550 One does have a choice to whom one loves. 00:11:56.759 --> 00:11:58.344 You have a lovely nose. 00:11:58.552 --> 00:12:00.554 Well , I wouldn't marry for the money. 00:12:00.763 --> 00:12:03.474 I mean , what if his business goes bust? 00:12:03.683 --> 00:12:07.770 Besides, down at the Eagle, they pay $5 for each story they print. 00:12:07.979 --> 00:12:10.564 Why, I have ten stories in my head right now. 00:12:10.773 --> 00:12:15.111 Gentlemen , I dislike all this money talk. It isn't refined . 00:12:15.319 --> 00:12:19.240 Well , if Iack of attention to personal finances is a mark of refinement... 00:12:19.448 --> 00:12:23.744 ...then I'd say the Marches are the most elegant family in Concord . 00:12:24.870 --> 00:12:27.039 We'll all grow up someday, Meg . 00:12:27.248 --> 00:12:30.001 We might as well know what we want. 00:12:31.544 --> 00:12:35.381 That'II do, that'II do. Put the carriage away, and look smart about it. 00:12:35.589 --> 00:12:37.341 Very good , sir. 00:12:38.676 --> 00:12:39.885 Merry Christmas. 00:12:42.346 --> 00:12:44.557 I have the most wonderful feeling about tonight. 00:12:44.765 --> 00:12:48.686 Meg and Jo, you have to tell me everything about Belle Gardiner. 00:12:48.894 --> 00:12:50.646 What her nose Iooks Iike and about her ring . 00:12:50.813 --> 00:12:52.273 Annie Gardiner says it's an emerald . 00:12:52.481 --> 00:12:55.109 Can you imagine? Everyone's Iucky but me. 00:12:55.276 --> 00:12:58.571 I'm glad I don't have to go and be with all those frightening people... 00:12:58.779 --> 00:13:01.574 -...and try to think of things to say. -Hush now. 00:13:01.782 --> 00:13:04.285 Oh , mind you , Jo, don't eat much at supper. 00:13:04.493 --> 00:13:06.912 And don't shake hands with people. It isn't the thing anymore. 00:13:07.121 --> 00:13:10.041 -Jo, your dress! -Oh , I know! 00:13:10.249 --> 00:13:12.793 You always stand too close to the fire. 00:13:13.002 --> 00:13:15.796 Oh , dear. Well , just keep your backside to the wall . 00:13:16.005 --> 00:13:18.382 Meg , Iook. What cunning little heels. 00:13:18.591 --> 00:13:22.762 -They're rather small . -That's all right. It's only for one night. 00:13:22.970 --> 00:13:25.723 You don't suppose anyone will notice they came out of the rag bag , do you? 00:13:27.016 --> 00:13:28.309 You have to have heels. 00:13:31.020 --> 00:13:32.521 What's that strange smell? 00:13:34.648 --> 00:13:36.484 Like burnt feathers. 00:13:42.990 --> 00:13:45.618 -Heavens above. -You've ruined me. 00:13:45.826 --> 00:13:49.997 I'm sorry. I'm sorry. You shouldn't have had me do it. 00:13:50.206 --> 00:13:53.292 -Meg , don't worry. It'Il grow back. -I spoil everything . 00:13:54.168 --> 00:13:55.878 I can't go out Iike this. 00:13:56.087 --> 00:13:58.047 Well , good ! I'm not going either. 00:13:58.255 --> 00:14:01.258 Here, we'II place my bow in front. 00:14:02.426 --> 00:14:05.137 -Yes, that covers it. -It's very becoming , Meg . 00:14:05.346 --> 00:14:09.850 I'Il never have any suitors. I'Il just be a dried-up old spinster. 00:14:10.059 --> 00:14:15.022 You don't need scores of suitors. You only need one, if he's the right one. 00:14:15.231 --> 00:14:17.149 Listen to the child . 00:14:17.358 --> 00:14:20.945 Meg isn't going to be married right away, is she? 00:14:21.153 --> 00:14:23.823 With Jo's help, I never will . 00:14:26.450 --> 00:14:30.871 -Oh , you must be so happy. -Oh , Belle, it's enchanting . 00:14:32.248 --> 00:14:36.293 Well , I best go and help Mama. Excuse me. 00:14:47.555 --> 00:14:51.142 I think it's Mrs. Barkley. 00:14:51.725 --> 00:14:53.394 She's going to try it. Watch her. 00:15:14.623 --> 00:15:19.503 Oh , yes, I would Iike it very much . That's very kind . 00:15:29.388 --> 00:15:30.764 Jehoshaphat! I'm sorry. 00:15:30.973 --> 00:15:34.560 No, no, stay. It's not a bad hiding place, is it? 00:15:34.768 --> 00:15:36.228 You see, I don't know anyone... 00:15:36.395 --> 00:15:38.814 ...so I feel awkward just standing and staring at people. 00:15:39.023 --> 00:15:42.485 Should I put on my jacket? I never know the rules. 00:15:43.277 --> 00:15:44.945 I'm Laurie. 00:15:45.154 --> 00:15:48.157 Theodore Laurence, but I'm called Laurie. 00:15:48.365 --> 00:15:50.367 Jo March . 00:15:51.744 --> 00:15:54.163 So who were you staring at? 00:15:54.371 --> 00:15:58.334 You , actually. What game were you playing? 00:15:58.542 --> 00:16:01.212 I don't know, but I think I won . 00:16:01.420 --> 00:16:05.257 -Who else? -Well , I was-- 00:16:05.591 --> 00:16:07.885 I was quite taken with that one. 00:16:12.681 --> 00:16:16.477 That's Meg . That's my sister. 00:16:18.562 --> 00:16:21.398 She's completely bald in front. 00:16:22.483 --> 00:16:26.111 Is it true that you Iived in Italy among artists and vagrants? 00:16:26.320 --> 00:16:31.200 Well , my mother was Italian . A pianist. 00:16:33.244 --> 00:16:35.788 -Grandfather disapproved of her. -Truly? 00:16:35.996 --> 00:16:39.083 I saw a play Iike that once. Do you Iike the theater? 00:16:39.291 --> 00:16:41.377 -Oh , yes. -Were you born there? 00:16:41.585 --> 00:16:44.880 Where? I n-- I n Italy. 00:16:45.089 --> 00:16:47.758 -Do you speak French or Italian? -English at home. 00:16:48.884 --> 00:16:51.720 The music conservatory in Vevey. 00:16:51.929 --> 00:16:53.389 But grandfather's having me tutored now. 00:16:53.597 --> 00:16:59.770 -He insists I go to college. -Oh , I'd commit murder to go to college. 00:17:01.188 --> 00:17:04.149 Actually, I'm going to Europe. 00:17:04.358 --> 00:17:08.821 Well , at Ieast I hope I am. My Great-Aunt March says she'II go one of these days... 00:17:09.029 --> 00:17:12.199 ...and she has to take me with her because I work as her companion . 00:17:12.408 --> 00:17:15.744 I have to read to her for hours and hours. 00:17:15.953 --> 00:17:19.206 -But I do all the voices. -I'Il bet you do. 00:17:19.415 --> 00:17:24.420 If I weren't going to be a writer, I'd go to New York and pursue the stage. 00:17:24.628 --> 00:17:28.340 -Are you shocked? -Very. 00:17:37.224 --> 00:17:38.851 Sorry. 00:17:53.574 --> 00:17:57.411 I'm sorry. Meg always makes me take the gentleman's part at home. 00:17:57.620 --> 00:18:00.164 It's a shame you don't know the Iady's part. 00:18:02.041 --> 00:18:03.959 Are you looking at the back of my dress, you cheat? 00:18:04.168 --> 00:18:06.128 It doesn't look so bad . Honestly. 00:18:06.337 --> 00:18:08.631 You promised you wouldn't Iook. 00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:10.966 Oh , Jo. Jo, I've sprained my ankle. 00:18:11.175 --> 00:18:13.510 I shouldn't wonder, in those shoes. Does it hurt? 00:18:13.677 --> 00:18:15.971 Oh , no, no. I'm quite well , thank you . 00:18:16.180 --> 00:18:19.850 Well , this is our neighbor, Laurie, the captive. 00:18:20.225 --> 00:18:22.186 Oh , poor Meg . I'II go tell Mrs. Gardiner. 00:18:22.394 --> 00:18:24.980 Oh , no, Jo. She'II think I've been sampling the punch . 00:18:25.189 --> 00:18:28.609 -A perfectly good party ruined . -Well , I have my carriage. 00:18:28.817 --> 00:18:29.985 -Let me take you home. -Oh , yes! 00:18:30.194 --> 00:18:31.987 Oh , no, thank you . 00:18:35.449 --> 00:18:36.992 Thank you . 00:18:45.042 --> 00:18:48.003 Here, lean on me. Thank you , Mr. Laurence. That's very kind of you . 00:18:48.170 --> 00:18:49.546 -Not at all . -Goodbye, Laurie. 00:18:49.713 --> 00:18:53.217 -Good night, Mrs. March . -Meg , wherever did you get this shoe? 00:18:54.718 --> 00:18:58.055 Did you ride in his carriage? Oh , you two have all the Iuck. 00:18:58.263 --> 00:19:01.892 -Oh , Jo, is he very romantic? -Not in the slightest. 00:19:02.101 --> 00:19:05.229 Well , we're very much obliged to him, but he's a dreadful boy. 00:19:05.437 --> 00:19:08.023 Well , he did a good deed putting snow on this ankle. 00:19:08.232 --> 00:19:12.653 -He put snow on your ankle? -To bed , Miss Amy. 00:19:12.861 --> 00:19:15.989 -With his own hands? -Oh , stop being so swoony. 00:19:16.198 --> 00:19:21.328 I won't have my girls being silly about boys. To bed . Jo, dear. 00:19:21.537 --> 00:19:24.289 Does this hurt? 00:19:24.498 --> 00:19:27.167 -Everything Iovely happens to Meg . -Oh , yes indeed ! 00:19:27.376 --> 00:19:29.878 You mustn't be soppy about Laurie any more than you should be soppy... 00:19:30.087 --> 00:19:31.797 ...about those silly girls at school . 00:19:31.964 --> 00:19:34.466 -I hope we shall be good friends with him . -With a boy? 00:19:34.633 --> 00:19:37.761 He isn't a boy. He's Laurie. 00:19:40.180 --> 00:19:43.392 Faster! 00:19:46.687 --> 00:19:49.231 Faster! 00:19:49.440 --> 00:19:51.108 Faster! 00:19:51.316 --> 00:19:52.901 Laurie! 00:19:59.450 --> 00:20:03.412 Your young Iadies are unusually active, Mrs. March , if I may say so. 00:20:03.620 --> 00:20:05.956 You may indeed , Mr. Brooke. 00:20:06.165 --> 00:20:08.333 It's my opinion that young girls are no different than boys... 00:20:08.542 --> 00:20:09.626 ...in their need for exertion . 00:20:09.835 --> 00:20:12.463 Feminine weakness and fainting spells are the direct result... 00:20:12.671 --> 00:20:14.339 ...of our confining young girls to the house... 00:20:14.548 --> 00:20:17.801 ...bent over their needlework in restrictive corsets. 00:20:20.179 --> 00:20:22.389 Marmee. 00:20:22.890 --> 00:20:27.311 -Laurie. -Your young student is an athlete. 00:20:28.437 --> 00:20:30.731 He is, thank you , a good one. 00:20:30.939 --> 00:20:33.233 But he makes an unruly scholar. 00:20:33.442 --> 00:20:36.153 I regret that his grandfather is away much . 00:20:37.946 --> 00:20:41.200 One hopes that your girls will be a gentling influence. 00:20:41.408 --> 00:20:43.660 I ndeed , Mr. Brooke. 00:20:45.204 --> 00:20:49.458 Marmee, must you speak to everyone about corsets? 00:20:49.666 --> 00:20:51.293 Oh , Meg . 00:20:51.502 --> 00:20:53.337 Do I? 00:20:57.591 --> 00:21:00.844 BIast these wretched skirts! 00:21:01.345 --> 00:21:03.180 Don't say "blast" and "wretch ." 00:21:03.388 --> 00:21:06.558 Amy, don't be such a ninny-pinny. 00:21:06.767 --> 00:21:09.853 I wish I was Beth so I could stay home and do pleasant things. 00:21:10.062 --> 00:21:13.941 Oh , if you call doing Iaundry and housework pleasant. 00:21:14.358 --> 00:21:16.109 BIast. 00:21:16.318 --> 00:21:19.321 Amy, hurry. I'II be late for work. 00:21:20.322 --> 00:21:24.117 There's Mrs. King . I'm tardy again . 00:21:26.537 --> 00:21:28.372 Lovely children . 00:21:28.580 --> 00:21:32.417 Oh , Meg , must I go to school? I'm so degradatated . 00:21:32.626 --> 00:21:35.671 I can hardly hold my head up. I owe at Ieast a dozen Iimes. 00:21:35.879 --> 00:21:37.881 -Limes? -Are Iimes the fashion now? 00:21:38.090 --> 00:21:40.509 Of course they are. It's nothing but limes now. 00:21:40.717 --> 00:21:43.720 Everyone keeps them in their desks, and trades them for beads and things. 00:21:43.929 --> 00:21:45.764 And all the girls treat each other at recess. 00:21:45.973 --> 00:21:49.643 If you don't bring Iimes to school , you're nothing . You might as well be dead . 00:21:49.852 --> 00:21:52.563 I've had ever so many Iimes, and I can't pay anyone back. 00:21:52.771 --> 00:21:55.732 Well , no wonder you don't Iearn anything at that school . 00:21:55.941 --> 00:21:58.318 I know how it feels to do without any little Iuxuries. 00:21:58.527 --> 00:21:59.570 Meg ! 00:21:59.778 --> 00:22:01.905 But we are not destitute, not yet. 00:22:02.114 --> 00:22:05.993 Here's a quarter. Marmee gave me the rag money this month . 00:22:06.910 --> 00:22:08.453 Go on . 00:22:14.626 --> 00:22:19.631 "Secondly, the immortality of the soul ... 00:22:19.840 --> 00:22:22.759 ...is asserted to be in consequence... 00:22:22.968 --> 00:22:25.262 ...of its immateriality... 00:22:25.470 --> 00:22:28.599 ...as in all Ieipothymic cases... 00:22:28.807 --> 00:22:34.021 ...consistent with the idea of immortality... 00:22:34.229 --> 00:22:38.901 ...and immorality, and physicality. . . ." 00:22:39.109 --> 00:22:45.741 And I think you finally dozed off. 00:23:13.727 --> 00:23:16.897 Josephine, there's a draft! 00:23:26.823 --> 00:23:29.117 Is it father? 00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:34.331 Teacher struck me. 00:23:34.539 --> 00:23:37.668 He put the Iimes out into the snow. 00:23:41.213 --> 00:23:44.758 May Chester said my limes must have been donated to Hope House. 00:23:44.967 --> 00:23:48.971 And then I said that she wouldn't get a single Iime from me. 00:23:49.179 --> 00:23:51.974 And then she told Mr. Davis they were hidden in my desk... 00:23:52.182 --> 00:23:53.684 ...and then he struck me. 00:23:53.892 --> 00:23:57.020 We ought to go over there and beat the tar out of him with his own stick! 00:23:57.229 --> 00:24:00.524 Jo, we must not embrace violence. 00:24:00.732 --> 00:24:05.070 -No, I will write this man a letter. -A Ietter? That'II show him. 00:24:05.445 --> 00:24:07.698 You failed to mention to me they were forbidden . 00:24:07.864 --> 00:24:09.574 A whole month's rag money? 00:24:09.783 --> 00:24:14.037 -Amy, I shouldn't have given it to you . -I'm sorry. 00:24:14.246 --> 00:24:17.874 AII those Iovely Iimes. I'm perfectly desolated . 00:24:18.083 --> 00:24:19.876 Well , I'm not sorry you Iost them . 00:24:20.085 --> 00:24:21.837 It's a frivolous concern in times like these. 00:24:22.045 --> 00:24:24.256 You are more intent upon reshaping your dear little nose... 00:24:24.464 --> 00:24:26.591 ...than in fashioning your character. 00:24:26.800 --> 00:24:28.969 It's an appalling school . Your spelling's atrocious... 00:24:29.177 --> 00:24:30.721 ...your Latin absurd . 00:24:30.929 --> 00:24:35.809 Mr. Davis said it was as useful to educate a woman as to educate a female cat. 00:24:38.145 --> 00:24:42.399 I really must strangle Mr. Davis. 00:24:43.066 --> 00:24:46.069 "Mr. Davis. 00:24:46.278 --> 00:24:48.071 What right have you to strike a child? 00:24:48.280 --> 00:24:51.450 I n God's eyes, we are all children and we are all equals. 00:24:51.616 --> 00:24:55.203 If you hit and humiliate a child , the only Iesson she will learn ... 00:24:55.412 --> 00:24:57.539 ...is to hit and humiliate." 00:24:58.749 --> 00:25:02.127 Amy, do you think you can discipline yourself... 00:25:02.335 --> 00:25:04.046 ...to Iearn at home as Beth has done? 00:25:08.050 --> 00:25:10.343 "I withdraw my daughter Amy from your school ." 00:25:10.552 --> 00:25:11.928 It serves the scoundrel right. 00:25:12.095 --> 00:25:15.182 Jo will now supervise your education . 00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:27.069 Jo, tell me what happens next... 00:25:27.277 --> 00:25:31.865 ...after the duke turns his back on his family fortune and saves Lady Zara. 00:25:32.074 --> 00:25:35.786 Don't know. It's all murder and gore. 00:25:35.994 --> 00:25:40.373 -The damsel's in distress. -Oh , I Iove your damsels in distress. 00:25:40.582 --> 00:25:45.962 Oh , Beth , truly, I don't know if I could ever be good like Marmee. 00:25:46.463 --> 00:25:50.008 I rather crave violence. 00:25:50.467 --> 00:25:52.094 If only I could be Iike Father... 00:25:52.302 --> 00:25:57.557 ...and go to war and stand up to the Iions of injustice. 00:25:57.766 --> 00:26:00.560 And so Marmee does in her own way. 00:26:00.769 --> 00:26:02.562 Yes. 00:26:03.063 --> 00:26:06.108 But I want to do something different. 00:26:06.399 --> 00:26:10.028 I don't know what it is yet, but I'm on the watch for it. 00:26:10.237 --> 00:26:12.614 You will find it, Jo. 00:26:21.957 --> 00:26:23.834 Hello! Jo! 00:26:24.042 --> 00:26:28.046 Come over here. You too, Meg . It's dull as tombs around here. 00:26:28.255 --> 00:26:31.883 Mr. Laurence, one doesn't shout at Iadies as if they were cattle. 00:26:39.558 --> 00:26:40.892 My apologies! 00:26:51.528 --> 00:26:53.196 AII right. 00:27:05.333 --> 00:27:08.128 What do those girls do over there all day? 00:27:08.336 --> 00:27:10.755 Over the mysteries of female Iife... 00:27:10.964 --> 00:27:15.385 ...there is drawn a veil best Ieft undisturbed . 00:27:40.702 --> 00:27:44.039 Oh , dear countess, pray for me... 00:27:44.247 --> 00:27:47.834 ...for I have sinned against meself and me brother Rodrigo. 00:27:48.043 --> 00:27:51.588 You've got to say "sinned" as if you've really sinned . 00:27:51.796 --> 00:27:54.716 Sinned . Sinned . 00:27:55.550 --> 00:27:57.093 Rodrigo. 00:27:57.302 --> 00:28:00.472 You arrive seeking the Duke of Lankershire. 00:28:01.181 --> 00:28:03.642 Hark ye. Who goes there? 00:28:03.850 --> 00:28:05.560 Oh , I forgot the cymbals. 00:28:05.769 --> 00:28:09.731 Why it's-- It's Rodrigo! 00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:14.486 -Rodrigo. -I want to be Lady Violet. 00:28:14.694 --> 00:28:17.864 I'm exhaustified of being the boy. 00:28:18.073 --> 00:28:22.494 The play is the thing , Amy. You're too little to be Lady Violet. 00:28:22.702 --> 00:28:24.704 Here, be the Countess de Montanescu . 00:28:24.913 --> 00:28:29.209 -You don't have any Iines. -Besides, who would be our Rodrigo? 00:28:31.962 --> 00:28:33.797 Gentlemen ... 00:28:35.423 --> 00:28:40.220 ...I propose the admission of a new member to our theatrical society. 00:28:40.428 --> 00:28:42.430 Theodore Laurence. We'll put it to a vote. 00:28:42.597 --> 00:28:45.934 Nay. He'Il laugh at our acting , and poke fun at us Iater. 00:28:46.142 --> 00:28:47.477 He'Il think it's only a game. 00:28:47.686 --> 00:28:49.771 No, he won't. U pon my word as a gentleman . 00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:53.608 Jo, when it's only Iadies, we don't guard our conduct in the same way. 00:28:53.817 --> 00:28:56.820 We bear our souls and tell the most appalling secrets. 00:28:57.028 --> 00:28:58.238 He would find us improper. 00:28:58.405 --> 00:29:01.574 Oh , Teddy would do nothing of the sort. 00:29:02.409 --> 00:29:04.577 Oh , please. Let's try him. 00:29:04.786 --> 00:29:06.579 Shall we? 00:29:08.957 --> 00:29:10.041 -Jo! -Jo, you traitor! 00:29:10.250 --> 00:29:13.962 Fellow artists, may I present myself... 00:29:14.170 --> 00:29:17.340 ...as an actor, a musician , and a Ioyal ... 00:29:17.549 --> 00:29:21.553 -...and very humble servant of the club. -We'll be the judge of that. 00:29:21.761 --> 00:29:25.181 I n token of my gratitude, and as a means of promoting ... 00:29:25.390 --> 00:29:27.600 ...communication between adjoining nations... 00:29:27.809 --> 00:29:32.439 ...shouting from windows being forbidden , I shall provide... 00:29:33.231 --> 00:29:36.109 ...a post office in our hedge... 00:29:36.318 --> 00:29:40.613 ...to further encourage the baring of our souls... 00:29:40.822 --> 00:29:44.117 ...and the telling of our most appalling secrets. 00:29:47.704 --> 00:29:49.289 I do pledge... 00:29:49.497 --> 00:29:53.376 ...never to reveal what I receive in confidence here. 00:29:57.714 --> 00:29:59.591 Well , then ... 00:30:01.634 --> 00:30:04.429 ...do take your place, Rodrigo. 00:30:04.637 --> 00:30:08.183 Sir Rodrigo. 00:30:14.689 --> 00:30:18.735 And so Laurie was admitted as an equal into our society... 00:30:18.943 --> 00:30:21.446 ...and we March girls could enjoy the daily novelty... 00:30:21.654 --> 00:30:25.241 ...of having a real brother of our very own. 00:30:29.120 --> 00:30:32.999 I want to go to the theater. I never get to go anhere. 00:30:33.208 --> 00:30:36.336 You're too little. Beth , where in tarnation are Marmee's opera glasses? 00:30:36.544 --> 00:30:39.839 I'm not too Iittle. You're just hogging Laurie. 00:30:40.048 --> 00:30:41.549 PIease, can't I go? 00:30:41.758 --> 00:30:44.511 Oh , Amy, I'm afraid Laurie only reserved four seats. 00:30:44.719 --> 00:30:45.762 Do I Iook too shabby? 00:30:45.970 --> 00:30:47.889 Oh , Jehoshaphat, Meg , this isn't a coronation . 00:30:48.098 --> 00:30:51.559 It's just Laurie and that awful Mr. Brooke. 00:30:51.768 --> 00:30:54.687 Jo, can't you ask Teddy to get another ticket? 00:30:54.854 --> 00:30:56.064 No. 00:30:56.272 --> 00:30:58.108 You have a cold , dear. Rest your eyes. 00:30:58.316 --> 00:31:00.693 Evangeline and I will make you some ginger tea. 00:31:00.902 --> 00:31:02.529 You're weeks behind in algebra. 00:31:02.737 --> 00:31:04.781 Now, I want you to do all the pages that I've marked . 00:31:04.989 --> 00:31:07.409 I won't have a sister who's a lazy ignoramus. 00:31:07.617 --> 00:31:10.286 And don't sulk. You look Iike a pigeon . 00:31:12.080 --> 00:31:13.623 Good night. 00:31:17.919 --> 00:31:20.713 You'Il be sorry for this, Jo March ! 00:31:28.513 --> 00:31:29.973 Whoa, there. 00:31:34.227 --> 00:31:35.770 Thank you . 00:31:36.438 --> 00:31:40.316 Oh , Mrs. Nell Watson . Wasn't she a wonderful swooner? 00:31:40.525 --> 00:31:42.277 If only I were the swooning type. 00:31:42.485 --> 00:31:45.447 If only I were the catching type. 00:31:45.655 --> 00:31:50.952 Young Laurence informs me that you are an aficionado of the theater, Miss March . 00:31:52.078 --> 00:31:54.998 -Well , I . . . . I enjoy reading plays. -Yes. 00:31:55.206 --> 00:31:59.085 I find it most pleasurable, myself. 00:31:59.294 --> 00:32:01.754 Though , I confess, I'm distracted at the theater... 00:32:01.963 --> 00:32:05.133 ...thinking of the peculiar lives of the actors themselves. 00:32:05.341 --> 00:32:08.428 When one considers the immodesties Mrs. Nell Watson suffers... 00:32:08.636 --> 00:32:11.806 ...one wonders what sort of Iady would seek such a life. 00:32:12.015 --> 00:32:14.267 Meg is a sensational actress. 00:32:14.476 --> 00:32:17.145 We're always putting on wild theatricals. 00:32:17.353 --> 00:32:20.273 Oh , it's just something that we play at. 00:32:21.149 --> 00:32:27.071 Well , as a matter of fact, at school , I engaged in debating . 00:32:27.280 --> 00:32:32.243 What do you think of that? Let's see what they do. 00:32:41.294 --> 00:32:44.631 -I had a wonderful time, Mr. Brooke. -As did I . 00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:46.466 It was a most delightful evening . 00:32:46.633 --> 00:32:51.304 -And I'd very much like-- -Thank you very much . Good night. 00:32:51.513 --> 00:32:53.848 -Oh , good night. -Good night. 00:32:57.810 --> 00:33:01.564 -That was rude. -You plastered yourself on him . 00:33:01.773 --> 00:33:03.691 It's proper to take a gentleman's arm if it's offered . 00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:07.028 How was the theater? Amusing? 00:33:07.654 --> 00:33:13.201 It was wonderful . I was absolutely inspired by the Iove scene. 00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:18.706 You look flushed , Meg , dear. Was the theater overcrowded? 00:33:23.503 --> 00:33:25.922 Still sulking? 00:33:36.683 --> 00:33:38.977 Beth , where did I put my manuscript? 00:33:39.185 --> 00:33:40.770 Beth . 00:33:52.073 --> 00:33:55.743 No. No. No. 00:33:59.998 --> 00:34:01.332 I didn't do it! 00:34:02.250 --> 00:34:06.004 I'm gonna kill you ! I'm gonna kill you ! 00:34:06.212 --> 00:34:10.508 -Marmee, help me! -I'm gonna kill you ! Do you hear me? 00:34:10.675 --> 00:34:12.385 -How could you do this to me? -Marmee! 00:34:12.594 --> 00:34:14.053 -Marmee! -Jo! 00:34:14.262 --> 00:34:16.431 -Jo, stop it. You're hurting her. -Marmee! 00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:18.766 -Marmee! -Jo! Jo! Let go of her! 00:34:18.975 --> 00:34:23.021 -What's happened? Jo. All right. -I hate you ! I hate you ! 00:34:23.438 --> 00:34:25.273 No, Jo! 00:34:25.481 --> 00:34:27.942 Don't touch it. Let it go, sweetheart. 00:34:28.151 --> 00:34:30.236 Come, just let it go. 00:34:31.446 --> 00:34:34.365 You're dead ! You're nothing ! 00:34:34.741 --> 00:34:37.785 I never want to see you again ! 00:34:48.338 --> 00:34:52.467 It is a very great Ioss, and you have every right to be put out. 00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:55.053 But don't Iet the sun go down upon your anger. 00:34:55.261 --> 00:34:59.265 Forgive each other. Begin again tomorrow, huh? 00:34:59.474 --> 00:35:02.101 I will never forgive her. 00:35:06.522 --> 00:35:08.983 I'm sorry, Jo. 00:35:32.173 --> 00:35:34.801 Looks Iike the Iast ice we'Il have this year. 00:35:36.469 --> 00:35:37.637 Say "go." 00:35:37.845 --> 00:35:41.099 Laurie, Jo, wait for me! 00:35:41.307 --> 00:35:43.184 Ignore her. 00:35:43.393 --> 00:35:45.853 Ready-- BIast! 00:35:47.647 --> 00:35:49.357 You cheat! 00:35:52.777 --> 00:35:54.946 Jo, please. 00:36:14.507 --> 00:36:16.175 -Jo! -Amy! 00:36:16.384 --> 00:36:20.638 -Jo! -Hold on! I'm coming ! 00:36:24.142 --> 00:36:25.601 Hold on, Amy. 00:36:28.229 --> 00:36:29.981 Get a rail ! 00:36:34.235 --> 00:36:36.237 Grab the stick, Amy. 00:36:37.613 --> 00:36:39.115 -Grab it! -Come on ! 00:36:42.869 --> 00:36:44.579 -Hold on! -Hold on . Hold on . 00:36:51.586 --> 00:36:54.589 -There we go. That's it, that's it. -AII right. 00:36:54.797 --> 00:36:55.840 There we go. 00:36:57.592 --> 00:37:00.428 Josephine March , you walked all the way from Walden Pond ... 00:37:00.636 --> 00:37:04.265 -...in only these bloomers? -As if she even noticed . 00:37:04.474 --> 00:37:07.894 -Dear Amy. -How could I have been so horrible? 00:37:08.102 --> 00:37:09.228 Thank God for Laurie. 00:37:10.313 --> 00:37:12.940 Jo, do you Iove Laurie more than you love me? 00:37:13.149 --> 00:37:14.734 Oh , don't be such a beetle. 00:37:14.942 --> 00:37:17.403 I could never love anyone as I love my sisters. 00:37:17.612 --> 00:37:19.781 I'm not a beetle. 00:37:19.989 --> 00:37:22.325 Oh , look out. You're leaving out the best part. 00:37:22.533 --> 00:37:25.453 When Lady Zara succumbs to the duke's rival . 00:37:25.661 --> 00:37:27.121 Oh , right, yes. 00:37:27.330 --> 00:37:29.457 Sir Hugo. 00:37:29.832 --> 00:37:32.418 I quite prefer him, myself. 00:37:38.925 --> 00:37:41.427 In the spring, we turned Orchard House upside down... 00:37:41.636 --> 00:37:45.765 ...with preparations for Meg to attend Sally Moffat's coming out. 00:37:45.973 --> 00:37:50.269 Myself, I'd sooner have been hung by the neck than attend a fancy ball. 00:37:50.478 --> 00:37:53.272 Wait till all of Boston sees you in this dress, Meg . 00:37:53.481 --> 00:37:55.316 I told Laurie he has to show you off... 00:37:55.483 --> 00:37:58.194 ...and keep you from being a wallflower upon penalty of death . 00:37:58.402 --> 00:38:01.280 Oh , where is that miserable glove? 00:38:01.489 --> 00:38:05.952 Abigail , I shake my head at the way you're managing Margaret. 00:38:06.160 --> 00:38:08.788 How is she to be married without a proper debut? 00:38:08.996 --> 00:38:10.623 Now, auntie, in our present circumstances-- 00:38:10.832 --> 00:38:14.877 Your circumstances will not change with your husband's return . 00:38:15.086 --> 00:38:19.757 My nephew is as foolish with money as he is in his new philosophies. 00:38:20.550 --> 00:38:25.179 The one hope for your family is for Margaret to marry well ... 00:38:25.388 --> 00:38:28.224 ...though I don't know who marries governesses. 00:38:28.432 --> 00:38:29.725 Marmee! 00:38:29.934 --> 00:38:33.354 And this one has entirely ruined her disposition with books. 00:38:33.563 --> 00:38:35.773 Oh , are those for me, Josephine? 00:38:35.982 --> 00:38:37.817 No. Meg's taking them to the Moffats'. 00:38:38.025 --> 00:38:40.987 Marmee, Meg's frantic. She Iost her glove and she only has one pair. 00:38:41.195 --> 00:38:44.740 Now, she cannot go without gloves. The Moffats are society. 00:38:44.949 --> 00:38:48.369 You're absolutely correct. Tell Meg she may borrow mine. 00:38:49.704 --> 00:38:52.206 Meg , you can take Marmee's! 00:38:52.415 --> 00:38:54.083 Oh , dear. 00:38:56.752 --> 00:38:59.463 -More tea? -No, thank you . 00:39:14.812 --> 00:39:19.150 Sally Moffat, you won't be able to draw your Iaces. 00:39:19.358 --> 00:39:22.403 At my coming out party, I didn't eat for weeks beforehand . 00:39:28.451 --> 00:39:31.120 Oh , Meg , I do like that color on you . 00:39:31.329 --> 00:39:33.706 It's just Iike forget-me-nots. 00:39:33.915 --> 00:39:37.084 The nicest I've seen that kind of fabric since the war broke out. 00:39:37.293 --> 00:39:40.212 But you had it made up so plain . 00:39:40.546 --> 00:39:43.716 Well , I do my own sewing , and-- 00:39:43.925 --> 00:39:47.219 Mrs. Finster's on Charles Street carries silk pieces ready-made. 00:39:47.428 --> 00:39:50.890 -Tomorrow I'Il take you there. -Marches haven't bought silk in years. 00:39:51.098 --> 00:39:53.559 They have views on slavery. 00:39:53.768 --> 00:39:56.062 Meg , isn't it true that your father's school had to close... 00:39:56.270 --> 00:39:58.272 ...when he admitted a Iittle dark girl? 00:39:59.690 --> 00:40:01.651 The silk of Mrs. Finster's isn't milled in the South . 00:40:01.859 --> 00:40:05.738 -It's made right here, over in Linfield . -This isn't China silk? 00:40:05.947 --> 00:40:09.909 They use Iittle children for Iabor. AII the silk mills do. 00:40:11.410 --> 00:40:14.038 The poor are always with us. 00:40:14.246 --> 00:40:16.123 You are so good to remind us. 00:40:21.629 --> 00:40:23.881 May I tell you something? 00:40:24.548 --> 00:40:27.051 This is an afternoon dress. 00:40:27.551 --> 00:40:29.428 I'm going to make you my pet. 00:40:29.637 --> 00:40:31.722 Hortense? 00:40:34.892 --> 00:40:39.313 Tonight, Miss March shall have as many conquests as she likes. 00:40:40.523 --> 00:40:42.942 You have no corset. 00:40:54.704 --> 00:40:56.163 Come on . 00:41:07.258 --> 00:41:08.426 -No, thank you . -Yes, it's charming . 00:41:08.634 --> 00:41:12.013 -Not for me, thank you . -I believe the next dance is the polka. 00:41:12.221 --> 00:41:15.725 -With me. -I would dance with you , Mr. Parker... 00:41:15.933 --> 00:41:17.768 ...but I fear for my new slippers. 00:41:17.977 --> 00:41:21.480 My credo is, "Don't tread on me." 00:41:22.940 --> 00:41:27.737 Miss March . I thought your family were temperance people. 00:41:27.945 --> 00:41:29.739 Laurie. 00:41:31.323 --> 00:41:34.577 -Oh , no. -No, no, don't cover up. 00:41:34.785 --> 00:41:38.330 There may be one or two gentlemen here who haven't seen all of your charms. 00:41:38.539 --> 00:41:41.667 And I did promise Jo I would show you off. 00:41:41.876 --> 00:41:44.211 The girls dressed me up, and I rather Iike it. 00:41:44.420 --> 00:41:48.340 Yes, well , it reveals a whole new Meg . 00:41:49.300 --> 00:41:51.177 What do you call this? 00:42:07.818 --> 00:42:09.278 Meg . 00:42:11.572 --> 00:42:13.365 I'm sorry. 00:42:14.700 --> 00:42:17.703 PIease don't tell Jo how I've behaved . 00:42:17.912 --> 00:42:19.747 Of course not. 00:42:20.247 --> 00:42:23.417 If you won't tell anyone how I've behaved . 00:42:23.626 --> 00:42:26.003 I was only playing a part... 00:42:26.212 --> 00:42:29.507 ...to see how it felt to be Belle Gardiner... 00:42:29.715 --> 00:42:32.635 ...with four proposals and 20 pairs of gloves. 00:42:32.843 --> 00:42:34.178 You're worth 1 0 of those other girls. 00:42:34.386 --> 00:42:37.723 Did you see the way this March girl has gone after the Laurence heir? 00:42:37.932 --> 00:42:41.143 Best thing that could happen to the Marches. 00:42:47.191 --> 00:42:48.400 This ridiculous dress. 00:42:48.609 --> 00:42:51.654 I've been tripping over it all night. 00:42:51.862 --> 00:42:56.242 Tie something around your neck where it could do you some good . 00:42:58.077 --> 00:43:01.038 I don't like people speculating about Laurie and our Meg ... 00:43:01.247 --> 00:43:04.250 ...as if they were characters in some play. 00:43:04.458 --> 00:43:06.335 And nothing provokes speculation more... 00:43:06.544 --> 00:43:09.672 ...than the sight of a woman enjoying herself. 00:43:09.964 --> 00:43:13.217 Why is it Laurie may do as he Iikes, and flirt and tipple champagne--? 00:43:13.425 --> 00:43:15.928 And no one thinks the less of him? 00:43:16.137 --> 00:43:18.514 Well , I suppose for one practical reason : 00:43:18.722 --> 00:43:21.684 Laurie is a man , and as such ... 00:43:21.892 --> 00:43:25.855 ...he may vote, and hold property and pursue any profession he pleases. 00:43:26.063 --> 00:43:29.692 And so he is not so easily demeaned . 00:43:29.900 --> 00:43:32.820 Why should anyone care what they think? 00:43:33.404 --> 00:43:35.114 I do. 00:43:35.531 --> 00:43:38.742 It's nice to be praised and admired . I couldn't help but like it. 00:43:38.951 --> 00:43:41.245 Of course not. 00:43:41.453 --> 00:43:44.373 I only care what you think of yourself. 00:43:44.582 --> 00:43:47.918 If you feel your value Iies in being merely decorative... 00:43:48.127 --> 00:43:49.962 ...I fear that someday you might find yourself... 00:43:50.171 --> 00:43:52.548 ...believing that's all that you really are. 00:43:53.299 --> 00:43:57.720 Time erodes all such beauty. But what it cannot diminish ... 00:43:57.928 --> 00:44:00.598 ...is the wonderful workings of your mind . 00:44:00.806 --> 00:44:03.767 Your humor, your kindness... 00:44:03.976 --> 00:44:05.603 ...and your moral courage. 00:44:05.811 --> 00:44:08.814 These are the things I cherish so in you . 00:44:09.648 --> 00:44:13.485 I so wish I could give my girls a more just world . 00:44:13.694 --> 00:44:16.155 I know you'll make it a better place. 00:44:26.749 --> 00:44:31.462 Resounded . Resounded with song of the nightingale. 00:44:31.670 --> 00:44:33.297 With a gush-- 00:44:34.298 --> 00:44:35.925 With a gush-- 00:44:37.551 --> 00:44:38.802 No. 00:44:52.191 --> 00:44:54.068 No, I don't want them now. 00:44:54.276 --> 00:44:56.362 And keep the music. I won't be going near a piano for ages. 00:44:56.570 --> 00:45:00.407 You need your books in college. Here's your Dombey and Sons. 00:45:00.616 --> 00:45:02.326 I could've sworn there was another volume. 00:45:02.534 --> 00:45:06.997 Honestly, Jo. I won't be taking all of Dickens to Harvard with me. 00:45:07.206 --> 00:45:11.168 Oh , no. You'II have much more important things to read . 00:45:13.837 --> 00:45:16.423 Nothing's going to change, Jo. 00:45:16.882 --> 00:45:19.009 I wish I could go. 00:45:20.219 --> 00:45:22.054 I wish you could too. 00:45:23.138 --> 00:45:25.683 You'Il come back knowing all sorts of things I don't know... 00:45:25.891 --> 00:45:28.185 ...and then I'II hate you . 00:45:31.021 --> 00:45:33.482 Well , as it happens... 00:45:33.691 --> 00:45:36.860 ...I already know something you don't know. 00:45:37.236 --> 00:45:41.907 About Meg and a certain former tutor of mine... 00:45:42.116 --> 00:45:45.244 ...soon to be employed at the firm of Laurence and Laurence. 00:45:45.452 --> 00:45:46.578 Liar. 00:45:47.371 --> 00:45:51.208 Has Meg mislaid a certain personal article... 00:45:51.417 --> 00:45:55.671 ...such as a glove? 00:45:59.425 --> 00:46:02.594 Meg , John Brooke stole your glove. 00:46:02.803 --> 00:46:04.930 What glove? Not my white one? 00:46:05.139 --> 00:46:08.434 Brooke's had it forever. Laurie says he keeps it in his pocket. 00:46:08.642 --> 00:46:12.104 You must tell him to return it. Hannah , don't you think he ought to give it back? 00:46:12.313 --> 00:46:14.690 It isn't what I think that matters. 00:46:14.898 --> 00:46:17.318 Jo? Meg? 00:46:19.528 --> 00:46:21.363 It's a telegram ... 00:46:21.572 --> 00:46:23.907 ...from Washington Hospital . 00:46:24.116 --> 00:46:26.452 Your father's been wounded . 00:46:33.250 --> 00:46:34.752 -Come on , Amy. That's it. -There are six. 00:46:34.960 --> 00:46:36.378 The household account is in this ledger. 00:46:36.587 --> 00:46:38.464 It should see you through to the end of the month . 00:46:38.672 --> 00:46:40.549 -Of course. Don't worry about us. -Oh , Beth? 00:46:40.758 --> 00:46:42.384 Dear, look in on the Hummels for me, will you? 00:46:42.593 --> 00:46:44.011 I will , Marmee. 00:46:44.219 --> 00:46:46.180 Where's Jo? It's almost 6. 00:46:46.388 --> 00:46:49.016 Doing battle with Aunt March for Marmee's railway ticket. 00:46:49.183 --> 00:46:52.227 Amy, would you carry a letter to Mrs. Juba at the Hope House. 00:46:52.436 --> 00:46:54.605 John . Mr. Brooke. 00:46:54.813 --> 00:46:58.108 I've come to offer myself as an escort to your mother. 00:46:58.317 --> 00:47:01.153 Cook packed this up, and grandfather sends a bottle of spirits for Mr. March . 00:47:01.362 --> 00:47:04.573 -Oh , that's Iovely, Laurie. Thank you . -Marmee. 00:47:05.282 --> 00:47:06.450 -Mr. Brooke is here. -Mrs. March . 00:47:06.658 --> 00:47:07.701 Mr. Brooke. 00:47:07.910 --> 00:47:09.620 As young Laurence no longer requires a tutor... 00:47:09.828 --> 00:47:12.122 ...Mr. Laurence has commissions for me in Washington . 00:47:12.331 --> 00:47:14.416 I should Iike to be of service to you there. 00:47:14.625 --> 00:47:17.795 -We couldn't let you travel alone. -Oh , Mr. Brooke, how kind of you . 00:47:18.003 --> 00:47:20.422 -May I? Are we to go on the 6:00 train? -Thank you . 00:47:20.631 --> 00:47:23.258 -Yes, I sent Jo off, but she hasn't re-- -I'm here! 00:47:23.467 --> 00:47:25.511 Jo. Finally. 00:47:25.719 --> 00:47:28.347 Twenty-five. Can Aunt March spare this? 00:47:28.555 --> 00:47:31.517 I couldn't bear to ask her. 00:47:31.725 --> 00:47:35.604 -I sold my hair. -Jo, how could you? 00:47:35.813 --> 00:47:39.691 -Your one beauty. -It won't affect the state of the union . 00:47:39.900 --> 00:47:42.444 -It'II grow back. -It suits you . 00:47:42.653 --> 00:47:44.279 Tell father that we Iove him. 00:47:45.989 --> 00:47:48.283 -Tell him we pray for him . -Bring him home. 00:47:48.492 --> 00:47:51.745 -I'Il never forget his kindness. -Oh , Hannah , thank you . 00:47:56.834 --> 00:47:59.962 Oh , I shall miss my Iittle women . 00:48:22.651 --> 00:48:25.529 Are you thinking about father? 00:48:26.905 --> 00:48:29.366 No. My hair. 00:48:44.131 --> 00:48:48.218 -Harder. -Yeah , I hit him on the noggin . 00:48:52.222 --> 00:48:54.266 Wait for me! 00:48:56.393 --> 00:48:58.854 BIast! Oh, dear. 00:48:59.062 --> 00:49:00.814 -This stove. -We'll eat them anyway. 00:49:01.023 --> 00:49:02.691 There's no more cornmeal nor coffee. 00:49:02.858 --> 00:49:05.694 The grocer won't Iet us have any more on account. 00:49:06.445 --> 00:49:09.114 -What can I bring the H ummels? -Oh , fry the H ummels. 00:49:09.281 --> 00:49:11.700 -You spent hours there last week. -The boys are sick. 00:49:11.909 --> 00:49:14.036 I mustn't write of this to Marmee. 00:49:14.244 --> 00:49:18.165 -She has enough burdens now. -I hate money. 00:49:21.460 --> 00:49:23.712 Your potatoes! 00:49:24.880 --> 00:49:27.132 Come on ! Here! 00:49:27.341 --> 00:49:29.676 Air the beds. And be careful cleaning . 00:49:29.885 --> 00:49:34.389 -And don't forget your studies, Amy. -I won't. I will . Go! 00:49:50.614 --> 00:49:53.367 -Beth . -Christine. 00:49:59.039 --> 00:50:03.210 I don't understand . I brought you a potato. 00:50:38.453 --> 00:50:41.290 Laurie's home for the weekend ! I n need of funds, no doubt. 00:50:41.498 --> 00:50:45.210 We'd have a week's groceries with what he spends on billiards. 00:50:46.837 --> 00:50:49.506 Oh , Jehoshaphat. 00:50:55.220 --> 00:50:57.556 Meg ! Meg , you won't believe it! 00:50:57.764 --> 00:50:59.474 I've sold The Lost Duke of Gloucesterl 00:50:59.641 --> 00:51:00.892 Five whole dollars! 00:51:01.101 --> 00:51:02.894 I'm an author! 00:51:03.103 --> 00:51:04.646 Beth? 00:51:05.314 --> 00:51:07.441 The H ummel baby is sick. 00:51:10.736 --> 00:51:13.697 I feel so strange. 00:51:17.409 --> 00:51:20.329 She's burning up, but she says that she's freezing . 00:51:20.537 --> 00:51:22.372 She has a terrible thirst, but she won't drink. 00:51:22.581 --> 00:51:25.667 Sounds Iike Arsenicum, but she Iooks more Iike belladonna. 00:51:25.876 --> 00:51:27.753 I saw the Hummels. 00:51:27.961 --> 00:51:30.922 Two children taken up to Jesus. Scarlet fever. 00:51:31.131 --> 00:51:32.841 You and Miss Jo won't be harmed . 00:51:33.050 --> 00:51:34.635 You had it when you were babies. 00:51:34.843 --> 00:51:38.847 But, Miss Amy, we have to send you away. 00:51:46.772 --> 00:51:48.815 She won't die. 00:51:49.483 --> 00:51:53.862 Will she, Laurie? God wouldn't Iet her die. 00:51:55.530 --> 00:51:58.367 I don't wanna go away. 00:51:58.867 --> 00:52:01.119 I'Il come and see you every day. 00:52:01.328 --> 00:52:04.373 I swear it. You won't be alone. 00:52:10.045 --> 00:52:12.172 I'm afraid of Aunt March . 00:52:14.925 --> 00:52:16.510 If she's unkind to you ... 00:52:16.718 --> 00:52:21.431 -...I'Il come and take you away. -Where will we go? 00:52:22.933 --> 00:52:24.685 Paris? 00:52:28.563 --> 00:52:31.358 If I get scarlet fever and die... 00:52:31.566 --> 00:52:34.486 ...give Meg my box with the green doves on it. 00:52:34.695 --> 00:52:38.573 -And Jo must have my turquoise ring . -I'Il see to that. 00:52:39.700 --> 00:52:41.910 I don't wanna die. 00:52:43.036 --> 00:52:46.081 I've never even been kissed . 00:52:46.289 --> 00:52:49.000 I've waited my whole Iife to be kissed . 00:52:49.209 --> 00:52:51.420 And what if I miss it? 00:52:51.628 --> 00:52:53.839 I tell you what. 00:52:54.381 --> 00:52:58.176 I promise to kiss you before you die. 00:53:20.532 --> 00:53:22.868 I don't know. I don't think Marmee should leave Father. 00:53:23.076 --> 00:53:25.036 Beth needs Marmee. She depends on her. 00:53:25.245 --> 00:53:27.664 But what if we send for her and Father gets worse? 00:53:27.873 --> 00:53:31.668 How in the name of all that's holy would we pay for the train? 00:53:33.211 --> 00:53:36.673 "That he profane not my sancteraries--" 00:53:36.882 --> 00:53:40.343 -Sanctuary. -"Sanctuaries. 00:53:40.552 --> 00:53:44.473 For I , the Lord , do sanctify them . 00:53:44.681 --> 00:53:48.727 And Moses told it unto Aaron and to his sons... 00:53:48.935 --> 00:53:52.439 ...and unto all the children of Israel ." 00:53:55.567 --> 00:53:57.319 Go on . 00:54:00.697 --> 00:54:03.408 "And the Lord spake unto Moses saying--" 00:54:08.538 --> 00:54:11.416 Jo, Mr. Laurence is here. 00:54:16.505 --> 00:54:20.383 If we may, I wish my personal physician , Dr. Bangs... 00:54:20.592 --> 00:54:22.928 ...to examine the Iittle girl . 00:54:38.610 --> 00:54:40.153 There's nothing to be done. 00:54:40.362 --> 00:54:44.366 If I bleed her, it would finish her. 00:54:44.574 --> 00:54:47.702 -Best to send for the mother. -Forgive me. 00:54:47.911 --> 00:54:51.873 I've already done so. Mrs. March arrives on the train this night. 00:54:54.876 --> 00:54:56.711 Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. 00:54:56.920 --> 00:54:58.713 BIessed art thou amongst women and bless-- 00:55:03.009 --> 00:55:04.511 Jo! 00:55:08.723 --> 00:55:12.894 Cricket. Marmee's here. 00:55:17.566 --> 00:55:19.776 Icy cold . Jo. 00:55:20.861 --> 00:55:23.947 Jo, fetch a basin with vinegar water and some rags. 00:55:24.155 --> 00:55:26.449 Meg , my kit. 00:55:26.658 --> 00:55:29.619 Must draw the fever down from her head . 00:55:29.828 --> 00:55:31.913 It's all right. 00:55:32.122 --> 00:55:33.957 It's all right. 00:55:34.249 --> 00:55:37.919 It's all right now. That's my love. 00:56:10.118 --> 00:56:11.661 Beth . 00:56:42.233 --> 00:56:44.694 And so our dear Beth came back to us... 00:56:44.903 --> 00:56:48.281 ...although the fever had weakened her heart forever. 00:56:48.490 --> 00:56:52.118 We did not know then that a shadow had fallen. 00:56:52.577 --> 00:56:55.664 We prepared for another Christmas without Father. 00:56:56.498 --> 00:56:58.291 Try each corner. Thank you . 00:56:58.500 --> 00:57:01.252 No, no! One bow is enough ! 00:57:01.461 --> 00:57:04.089 Mr. Laurence. Thank you . 00:57:07.300 --> 00:57:10.095 -Oh , I'm so sorry. -It happens all the time. 00:57:10.303 --> 00:57:11.846 How's this? 00:57:13.181 --> 00:57:14.808 -Here she comes. -Come on . Come on . 00:57:14.975 --> 00:57:16.351 What should I do with these bows? 00:57:16.559 --> 00:57:18.687 Now, don't scare her to death . She's been sick, you know. 00:57:18.895 --> 00:57:21.982 H ide the chairs. Just hide them , Amy. 00:57:23.233 --> 00:57:25.068 Quick. 00:57:30.949 --> 00:57:33.535 The house is beautiful . 00:57:47.215 --> 00:57:48.633 They're friends of mine from college. 00:57:48.842 --> 00:57:51.594 Freddy Vaughan and Averill Watson . 00:57:51.803 --> 00:57:53.847 They won't bite. 00:58:00.270 --> 00:58:01.604 No, don't sit there! Sit-- 00:58:01.813 --> 00:58:05.525 Here. Sit here, child . 00:58:05.734 --> 00:58:07.902 -Merry Christmas! -Merry Christmas, Beth ! 00:58:08.111 --> 00:58:11.072 Merry Christmas, Beth ! 00:58:16.494 --> 00:58:19.873 I should've given it to you Iong ago. 00:58:21.082 --> 00:58:25.336 It belonged to my little girl who had to leave us... 00:58:25.545 --> 00:58:27.672 ...when she was very young . 00:58:27.881 --> 00:58:31.092 But now it will make music again . 00:58:41.728 --> 00:58:43.563 Thank you , Mr. Laurence. 00:58:45.482 --> 00:58:48.902 -Merry Christmas. -Merry Christmas. 00:58:49.110 --> 00:58:50.737 PIay something , Beth . 00:58:50.945 --> 00:58:52.739 Shall I? 00:59:49.087 --> 00:59:51.464 That was good . 00:59:52.465 --> 00:59:55.009 I fear you would have a Iong engagement. 00:59:55.218 --> 00:59:58.721 Three or four years. John must secure a house before you can marry. 00:59:58.930 --> 01:00:02.851 -And he must do his service to the union . -John? Marry? 01:00:03.059 --> 01:00:05.311 You mean that pokey old Mr. Brooke? 01:00:05.520 --> 01:00:07.480 How did he weasel his way into this family? 01:00:07.689 --> 01:00:09.065 Jo. 01:00:09.274 --> 01:00:11.943 John has been very kind to go visit Father in the hospital every day. 01:00:12.152 --> 01:00:15.822 He's dull as powder. Meg , can't you at Ieast marry someone amusing? 01:00:16.030 --> 01:00:19.159 I'm fond of Mr. Brooke. He's a good man . He's kind and serious. 01:00:19.367 --> 01:00:21.661 And I'm not afraid of being poor. 01:00:21.870 --> 01:00:24.289 Marmee, you can't just Iet her go and marry him. 01:00:24.497 --> 01:00:26.291 I'd hardly just go and marry anyone. 01:00:26.499 --> 01:00:28.793 I would rather Meg marry for Iove and be a poor man's wife... 01:00:29.002 --> 01:00:31.588 ...than marry for riches and Iose her self-respect. 01:00:33.298 --> 01:00:35.592 So you don't mind that John is poor? 01:00:35.800 --> 01:00:38.887 No, but I would rather he have a house. 01:00:39.554 --> 01:00:41.806 Why must we marry at all? 01:00:42.015 --> 01:00:43.933 Why can't things just stay as they are? 01:00:44.142 --> 01:00:47.395 It is only a proposal . Nothing need be decided . Now, girls. 01:00:47.604 --> 01:00:49.606 Let's not spoil the day. 01:01:01.326 --> 01:01:02.827 Father? Father! 01:01:03.036 --> 01:01:06.080 -Merry Christmas, everyone! -What a wonderful Christmas present! 01:01:06.289 --> 01:01:10.251 Father! Oh , Father, you're home! 01:01:11.836 --> 01:01:13.379 Meg . 01:01:13.588 --> 01:01:17.634 -Oh , you're more handsome than ever. -Beth , my little cricket. 01:01:17.842 --> 01:01:19.886 -Thank God you're well . -CIear the way. 01:01:20.094 --> 01:01:22.847 -Give the man room to breathe. -Jo! 01:01:23.056 --> 01:01:25.391 Oh , my wild girl ! 01:01:26.267 --> 01:01:28.895 Well , this could become the fashion . 01:01:30.230 --> 01:01:31.731 -Watch his arm. -I'm not used to this. 01:01:31.940 --> 01:01:33.107 -Be careful . -Be very careful now. 01:01:33.316 --> 01:01:36.653 -Don't coddle this soldier too much . -Oh , now, Father, it's time to coddle. 01:01:36.861 --> 01:01:40.990 -Oh , Father! -Hannah , God bless you . 01:01:41.199 --> 01:01:44.702 -It's good to see you . -It's good to have you home, Mr. March . 01:01:44.911 --> 01:01:49.040 -Now, let me look at my girls. -Take them and give them-- 01:02:00.760 --> 01:02:03.388 The cholera took more men than the rebs, as I understand it, sir. 01:02:03.596 --> 01:02:06.891 Agriculture isn't taught, and it should be. It should be required . 01:02:07.100 --> 01:02:09.352 Perhaps the freedmen should be given Iand in the west. 01:02:09.519 --> 01:02:11.020 What happened between you and John Brooke? 01:02:11.187 --> 01:02:13.231 Never you mind . 01:02:16.567 --> 01:02:21.030 -Isn't it wonderful , Jo? -Yes, it's wonderful . 01:02:37.755 --> 01:02:39.132 Welcome home, soldier. 01:02:39.340 --> 01:02:41.509 Would you Iike some water, sir? 01:03:14.500 --> 01:03:15.543 Change will come... 01:03:15.752 --> 01:03:18.838 ...as surely as the seasons and twice as quick. 01:03:19.047 --> 01:03:21.591 We make our peace with it as best we can. 01:03:21.799 --> 01:03:25.261 Or as Amy once said when she was still a little girl: 01:03:25.470 --> 01:03:29.057 "We'll all grow up someday. We might as well know what we want." 01:03:55.041 --> 01:03:57.085 So you feel our Amy has talent? 01:03:57.293 --> 01:04:01.381 Oh , Miss March excels at drawing . 01:04:01.589 --> 01:04:05.468 But, you know, her landscapes Iack emotion . 01:04:06.344 --> 01:04:10.306 I definitely feel Amy would benefit from further study. 01:04:10.515 --> 01:04:12.392 But she won't get it around here. 01:04:12.600 --> 01:04:15.978 -Where do you suggest? -Cape Cod has a fine artist colony. 01:04:16.187 --> 01:04:18.689 But Europe, Europe is the best place. 01:04:26.531 --> 01:04:29.659 Teddy! Teddy! 01:04:29.867 --> 01:04:32.286 Your houseman said you wouldn't be home till night. 01:04:32.495 --> 01:04:33.621 I couldn't wait so Iong . 01:04:33.788 --> 01:04:35.915 Hail the conquering graduate. 01:04:36.124 --> 01:04:38.960 -Is grandfather exceedingly proud? -Yes. 01:04:39.168 --> 01:04:41.963 And exceedingly bent on locking me up in one of his offices. 01:04:42.171 --> 01:04:45.633 Why is it Amy may paint China and you can scribble away... 01:04:45.842 --> 01:04:49.345 ...while I must manfully set my music aside? 01:04:49.554 --> 01:04:51.597 Why must you? 01:04:52.265 --> 01:04:56.144 If I don't, I'd have to defy grandfather. 01:04:56.352 --> 01:04:59.647 Yes, and not the whole of society. 01:05:01.482 --> 01:05:04.068 I can't go against the old man . 01:05:07.071 --> 01:05:11.742 When I imagine myself in that Iife... 01:05:13.119 --> 01:05:15.621 ...I can think of only one thing ... 01:05:15.830 --> 01:05:17.999 ...that would make me happy. 01:05:20.334 --> 01:05:25.465 Oh , no. Teddy-- Teddy, don't. 01:05:32.221 --> 01:05:34.015 No, wait, Teddy. 01:05:34.223 --> 01:05:36.225 We have to talk about this reasonably. 01:05:36.434 --> 01:05:39.061 I have Ioved you ... 01:05:39.270 --> 01:05:42.273 ...since the moment I clamped eyes on you . 01:05:42.482 --> 01:05:44.817 What could be more reasonable than to marry you? 01:05:45.735 --> 01:05:47.820 -We'd kill each other. -Nonsense! 01:05:48.029 --> 01:05:51.449 -Neither of us can keep our temper. -I can . Unless provoked . 01:05:51.657 --> 01:05:54.744 We're both stupidly stubborn , especially you . We'd only quarrel . 01:05:54.952 --> 01:05:56.662 I wouldn't! 01:05:56.871 --> 01:06:00.416 You can't even propose without quarreling . 01:06:01.167 --> 01:06:02.627 Jo. 01:06:04.086 --> 01:06:08.633 Dear Jo. I swear I'II be a saint. 01:06:08.841 --> 01:06:12.261 I'Il let you win every argument. 01:06:13.346 --> 01:06:17.225 I'Il take care of you and your family. 01:06:17.433 --> 01:06:19.560 I'Il give you every Iuxury you've ever been denied . 01:06:19.769 --> 01:06:22.980 You won't have to write. U nless you want to. 01:06:23.189 --> 01:06:25.858 Grandfather... 01:06:26.067 --> 01:06:29.362 ...wants me to learn the business in England . 01:06:29.570 --> 01:06:31.989 Can't you see us bashing around London? 01:06:32.198 --> 01:06:33.741 London . 01:06:33.950 --> 01:06:37.328 Oh , Teddy, I'm not fashionable enough for London . 01:06:37.537 --> 01:06:40.498 You need someone who's elegant and refined . 01:06:40.706 --> 01:06:43.501 I want you . 01:06:47.046 --> 01:06:50.258 Teddy, please don't ask me. 01:06:57.056 --> 01:06:59.225 -Teddy, I'm desperately sorry. -No, don't. 01:06:59.433 --> 01:07:01.644 -I do care for you . -No. 01:07:01.852 --> 01:07:04.230 With all of my heart. You're my dearest friend . 01:07:06.482 --> 01:07:09.026 I just can't go be a wife. 01:07:09.735 --> 01:07:14.574 You say you won't, but you will . 01:07:15.491 --> 01:07:18.869 -I won't. I won't. -One day... 01:07:21.163 --> 01:07:23.249 ...you'll meet some man . 01:07:23.457 --> 01:07:25.167 A good man . 01:07:25.376 --> 01:07:28.629 And you will Iove him tremendously. 01:07:30.339 --> 01:07:34.093 And you will Iive and die for him. 01:07:34.302 --> 01:07:37.263 -Teddy, please. -You will . 01:07:38.139 --> 01:07:39.765 Jo. 01:07:42.268 --> 01:07:44.103 I know you . 01:07:49.900 --> 01:07:52.028 And I'II be hanged ... 01:07:52.236 --> 01:07:55.072 ...if I stand by and watch . 01:08:15.176 --> 01:08:17.762 Jo, are you ill? 01:08:17.970 --> 01:08:20.264 She has refused Laurie. 01:08:21.599 --> 01:08:25.186 Well , I'm sure she can take it back. It's just a misunderstanding . 01:08:25.394 --> 01:08:27.521 No. 01:08:27.730 --> 01:08:29.523 No. 01:08:32.360 --> 01:08:34.779 Oh , listen to him. 01:08:36.489 --> 01:08:38.407 I must get away. 01:08:38.616 --> 01:08:40.993 Of course. 01:08:43.746 --> 01:08:45.539 Aunt March is going to France. 01:08:46.624 --> 01:08:47.875 France! 01:08:48.084 --> 01:08:50.920 That's ideal ! I'Il put up with anything to go! 01:08:51.128 --> 01:08:52.755 Jo, Aunt March has asked me to go. 01:08:53.881 --> 01:08:55.883 To Europe? 01:08:57.551 --> 01:08:59.553 My Europe? 01:09:03.391 --> 01:09:04.475 When? 01:09:05.309 --> 01:09:07.645 It was decided just today. 01:09:14.443 --> 01:09:18.531 Well , I am her companion now. 01:09:19.740 --> 01:09:22.410 She wishes me to study painting abroad ... 01:09:22.618 --> 01:09:25.204 ...and hopes I might make a good match there. 01:09:28.833 --> 01:09:33.629 But perhaps she wouldn't mind if you stayed at Plumfield ... 01:09:35.423 --> 01:09:37.216 ...while we are gone. 01:09:42.763 --> 01:09:45.933 Of course Aunt March prefers Amy over me. Why shouldn't she? 01:09:46.142 --> 01:09:49.895 I'm ugly and awkward , and I always say the wrong things. 01:09:50.104 --> 01:09:54.358 I fly around throwing away perfectly good marriage proposals. 01:09:54.567 --> 01:09:59.864 I love our home, but I'm just so fitful , and I can't stand being here. 01:10:01.115 --> 01:10:05.828 I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Marmee. 01:10:06.036 --> 01:10:08.539 There's just something really wrong with me. 01:10:08.748 --> 01:10:11.709 I want to change, but I . . . . I can't. 01:10:11.917 --> 01:10:17.506 -And I just know I'II never fit in anywhere. -Oh , Jo. 01:10:17.715 --> 01:10:21.177 Jo, you have so many extraordinary gifts. 01:10:21.385 --> 01:10:25.765 How can you expect to Iead an ordinary Iife? 01:10:25.973 --> 01:10:30.811 You're ready to go out and find a good use for your talent. 01:10:32.480 --> 01:10:36.317 AIthough , I don't know what I shall do without my Jo. 01:10:38.360 --> 01:10:43.115 Go and embrace your liberty. 01:10:43.324 --> 01:10:46.660 And see what wonderful things come of it. 01:11:13.813 --> 01:11:17.316 Laurie sought his refuge in London and abroad. 01:11:17.525 --> 01:11:21.195 Marmee helped me find a place in the great city of New York. 01:11:21.403 --> 01:11:25.908 So l stepped over the divide between childhood and all that lay beyond. 01:11:28.410 --> 01:11:29.662 Mrs. Kirk? 01:11:30.538 --> 01:11:32.790 Josephine. 01:11:32.998 --> 01:11:34.500 Yes. How do you do? 01:11:34.708 --> 01:11:38.128 Kitty, Minnie! This is Miss March . 01:11:38.337 --> 01:11:41.882 Her father was Colonel March . He knew your papa. 01:11:42.091 --> 01:11:44.718 -It was cold ! -Watch your feet, Mr. Costigan . 01:11:44.927 --> 01:11:47.972 -You never get it straight. -Do come in , my dear. 01:11:51.642 --> 01:11:52.810 Dear Beth. 01:11:53.018 --> 01:11:56.772 Marmee's friend, Mrs. Kirk, has made me feel quite at home. 01:11:56.981 --> 01:12:01.068 My little students, Kitty and Minnie, are dear girls. 01:12:05.447 --> 01:12:08.701 How curious to grow up in a busy boardinghouse with no father... 01:12:08.909 --> 01:12:11.829 ...and your own mother the innkeeper. 01:12:12.913 --> 01:12:15.040 L felt bold on leaving Concord. 01:12:15.249 --> 01:12:18.252 But I confess I find New York rough and strange... 01:12:18.460 --> 01:12:20.796 ...and myself strange in it. 01:12:21.797 --> 01:12:23.632 Can you pass these down the table? 01:12:23.841 --> 01:12:26.176 Thank you kindly, professor. 01:12:31.849 --> 01:12:34.602 Mrs. Kirk believes that l am here for a brief interlude... 01:12:34.810 --> 01:12:39.023 ...of sensational experience before succumbing to a matrimonial fate. 01:12:39.231 --> 01:12:40.274 Excuse me, miss. 01:12:40.482 --> 01:12:42.693 And while there 's surely no lack of sensational experience... 01:12:42.902 --> 01:12:44.987 ...of every kind available in such a city... 01:12:45.195 --> 01:12:46.238 Come in ! 01:12:46.447 --> 01:12:48.365 ...l hope, though l've had no luck yet... 01:12:48.574 --> 01:12:51.493 ...that any experience l gain here will be strictly literary. 01:12:53.120 --> 01:12:55.873 And that all events of a romantic or sensational nature... 01:12:56.081 --> 01:12:58.709 ...will be entirely confined to the page. 01:12:58.918 --> 01:13:02.796 Our subscribers are not interested in sentiment and fairy stories, miss. 01:13:04.715 --> 01:13:06.759 They're not fairy stories. 01:13:06.967 --> 01:13:09.470 Try one of the Iadies' magazines. 01:13:27.655 --> 01:13:30.741 -Come on , Will . Hurry up! -I'm coming ! 01:13:36.914 --> 01:13:41.085 -I'm so sorry. I'm so clumsy. -Oh , no. No. 01:13:47.424 --> 01:13:52.388 You know that when first I saw you , I thought: 01:13:52.596 --> 01:13:55.808 "She is a writer." 01:13:56.016 --> 01:13:58.143 What made you think so? 01:14:05.693 --> 01:14:08.779 Yes, I know many writers. 01:14:08.988 --> 01:14:11.240 I n Berlin I was-- 01:14:11.448 --> 01:14:14.576 I was professor at the university. 01:14:15.035 --> 01:14:20.332 Here, I am just a humble tutor, I'm afraid . 01:14:21.625 --> 01:14:23.919 No, please. Sit down . 01:14:25.587 --> 01:14:27.131 Thank you . 01:14:40.019 --> 01:14:42.062 You are far from home, M iss March? 01:14:43.063 --> 01:14:44.398 Do you miss your family? 01:14:44.606 --> 01:14:46.400 Oh , very much . 01:14:46.608 --> 01:14:50.279 My sisters especially. And Laurie. 01:14:50.487 --> 01:14:52.614 She is your sister? 01:14:54.992 --> 01:14:57.995 No, no. He's a friend . 01:14:58.746 --> 01:15:00.289 Do you Iike your coffee? 01:15:00.497 --> 01:15:04.043 Oh , it's just very strong . 01:15:04.251 --> 01:15:06.045 I like it. 01:15:12.301 --> 01:15:14.344 You have quite a library. 01:15:15.179 --> 01:15:17.514 Did you bring all these books from Germany? 01:15:17.723 --> 01:15:19.266 A few of them . 01:15:19.475 --> 01:15:22.394 -May I? -Of course. 01:15:22.770 --> 01:15:27.691 Most of these I could not bear to Ieave behind . 01:15:27.900 --> 01:15:32.404 I sold everything that I owned to get my passage to come here... 01:15:32.613 --> 01:15:36.033 ...but my books, never. 01:15:38.702 --> 01:15:40.913 Shakespeare. 01:15:41.330 --> 01:15:44.374 Some books are so familiar. 01:15:44.583 --> 01:15:48.879 Reading them is like being home again . 01:15:51.256 --> 01:15:55.219 Will you be returning to Berlin , Professor Bhaer? 01:15:55.427 --> 01:15:59.098 -Friedrich . Call me Friedrich . -Friedrich . 01:15:59.306 --> 01:16:02.893 No. Sadly... 01:16:03.102 --> 01:16:05.854 ...the fatherland of Goethe and Schiller... 01:16:06.063 --> 01:16:09.566 -...is no more. -I adore Goethe. 01:16:09.775 --> 01:16:11.485 My father used to read me all the German poets... 01:16:11.693 --> 01:16:15.030 -...when I was a child . -Really? That is most surprising . 01:16:15.239 --> 01:16:18.742 Well , my mother and father were part of... 01:16:18.951 --> 01:16:21.829 ...a rather unusual circle in Concord . 01:16:22.037 --> 01:16:24.456 Do you know the word transcendentalist? 01:16:25.415 --> 01:16:28.085 But this is German Romantic philosophy! 01:16:28.293 --> 01:16:31.088 We throw off all our constraints and we come to know ourselves... 01:16:31.296 --> 01:16:36.218 ...through insight and experience. But it got out of fashion now. 01:16:36.426 --> 01:16:39.429 Well , not in the March family, I'm afraid . 01:16:41.056 --> 01:16:43.517 It's just that with all of this transcendence... 01:16:43.725 --> 01:16:48.689 ...comes much emphasis on perfecting oneself. 01:16:49.731 --> 01:16:51.108 This gives you a problem? 01:16:52.359 --> 01:16:54.361 I'm hopelessly flawed . 01:16:54.570 --> 01:16:56.822 If only we could ... 01:16:57.030 --> 01:16:59.700 ...transcend ourselves without perfection ... 01:16:59.908 --> 01:17:01.076 ...Iike your poet Walt Whitman ... 01:17:01.285 --> 01:17:03.370 ...who rides up and down the streets of Broadway all day... 01:17:03.579 --> 01:17:06.456 ...shouting poetry against the roar of the carts. 01:17:06.665 --> 01:17:08.917 Keep your silent woods, O, Nature. 01:17:09.126 --> 01:17:11.795 -And your quiet places by the river-- -And your quiet places by the woods. 01:17:12.004 --> 01:17:13.046 -By the woods. -Woods. Yes. 01:17:13.255 --> 01:17:17.176 -Give me the streets of Manhattan. -Give me the streets of Manhattan. 01:17:28.687 --> 01:17:32.232 I think we are all hopelessly flawed . 01:17:34.693 --> 01:17:36.695 He is as poor as one might imagine... 01:17:36.904 --> 01:17:39.323 ...an itinerant philosopher to be. 01:17:39.531 --> 01:17:41.325 Yet, as the weeks go by, l see that he is... 01:17:41.533 --> 01:17:45.329 ...unfailingly generous to all of us who live in the house. 01:17:45.537 --> 01:17:48.582 L am grateful to have a friend. 01:18:40.926 --> 01:18:42.427 It's the system our nation was founded on . 01:18:42.636 --> 01:18:46.223 Come now! It was nothing short of a betrayal of our country's ideals. 01:18:46.431 --> 01:18:48.433 Our country's ideals? 01:18:48.642 --> 01:18:49.977 A constitution ... 01:18:50.185 --> 01:18:54.398 ...that denies the basic rights of citizenship to women and black people? 01:18:54.606 --> 01:18:58.610 They just passed the 1 5th Amendment, Jacob. They can vote. 01:18:58.819 --> 01:18:59.945 BIack men can vote, Charles. 01:19:00.153 --> 01:19:04.366 A Iady has no need of suffrage if she has a husband . 01:19:04.574 --> 01:19:05.701 No, no. 01:19:05.909 --> 01:19:08.245 -You don't take wine? -Only medicinally. 01:19:08.453 --> 01:19:10.622 -Well , pretend that you've got a cold . -I agree. 01:19:10.831 --> 01:19:13.792 But if women are a moral force, shouldn't they have the right... 01:19:14.001 --> 01:19:17.671 ...to govern and preach , and testify in court? 01:19:18.297 --> 01:19:20.632 What is it, M iss March? 01:19:20.841 --> 01:19:24.386 I find it poor logic to say that because women are good ... 01:19:24.594 --> 01:19:26.722 ...women should vote. 01:19:26.972 --> 01:19:30.434 Men do not vote because they are good . They vote because they are male. 01:19:30.642 --> 01:19:34.313 And women should vote, not because they are angels and men are animals... 01:19:34.521 --> 01:19:38.859 ...but because we are human beings and citizens of this country. 01:19:39.860 --> 01:19:42.195 You should've been a lawyer, Miss March . 01:19:42.404 --> 01:19:45.991 I should have been a great many things, Mr. Mayer. 01:19:57.878 --> 01:19:59.838 Friedrich . Oh , I'm sorry. 01:20:00.047 --> 01:20:03.633 No, please. Please. Come in . 01:20:03.842 --> 01:20:05.510 I have some good news. 01:20:05.719 --> 01:20:09.931 A newspaper has published two of my stories, and they wish to see more. 01:20:10.140 --> 01:20:12.559 -This is wonderful . -Right there. 01:20:12.768 --> 01:20:15.187 The Daily Volcano. 01:20:15.645 --> 01:20:20.776 "The Sinner's Corpse" by Joseph March . 01:20:23.612 --> 01:20:29.576 Lunatics. Vampires. This. . . . This interests you? 01:20:32.621 --> 01:20:35.916 Well , people Iike thrilling stories, Friedrich . 01:20:36.124 --> 01:20:38.377 This is what the newspapers want. 01:20:38.585 --> 01:20:41.671 Yes. Yes, I suppose. 01:20:42.005 --> 01:20:43.965 I suppose that is true. 01:20:44.174 --> 01:20:48.470 Yes. Well , it'Il buy a new coat for Beth , and I'm sure she'll be grateful to have it. 01:20:48.678 --> 01:20:50.097 Jo, pl-- 01:21:12.786 --> 01:21:13.912 I ... 01:21:15.122 --> 01:21:19.000 I do not want to be your teacher. No, understand me. 01:21:19.209 --> 01:21:23.213 I am saying only that you should please yourself. 01:21:23.422 --> 01:21:27.217 My opinion is of no importance. 01:21:28.093 --> 01:21:29.136 Do you forgive me? 01:21:29.678 --> 01:21:33.098 -Well , of course. -Can I make a gift? 01:21:33.306 --> 01:21:36.143 An experience. Do you Iike the opera? 01:21:36.977 --> 01:21:38.395 Oh , I do. 01:21:38.603 --> 01:21:43.567 I mean , I think I do. We don't seem to get a Iot of opera in Concord . 01:21:46.778 --> 01:21:48.738 Well , I don't have an opera dress. 01:21:48.947 --> 01:21:50.699 You will be perfect. 01:21:50.907 --> 01:21:55.495 Where we are sitting we shall not be so formal . 01:22:21.062 --> 01:22:23.190 Leila is a goddess. 01:22:23.398 --> 01:22:26.109 She has made a promise never to Iove. 01:22:27.068 --> 01:22:31.364 If she breaks her vow, all will be Iost. 01:22:33.867 --> 01:22:36.620 Oh , look. Trouble is coming . 01:22:36.828 --> 01:22:38.455 What's going to happen? 01:22:38.663 --> 01:22:40.790 The inevitable. 01:22:47.839 --> 01:22:52.552 Leila. . . . Leila's soul is opening . 01:22:52.969 --> 01:22:55.472 She's drawn to an idea. 01:22:55.680 --> 01:23:00.435 He says, "Love has a fatal power." 01:23:24.376 --> 01:23:26.294 "Your heart... 01:23:26.878 --> 01:23:28.964 ...understood mine. 01:23:32.676 --> 01:23:37.264 I n the depth of the fragrant night... 01:23:38.265 --> 01:23:41.476 ...I listened with ravished soul ... 01:23:44.646 --> 01:23:47.190 ...to your beloved voice. 01:23:50.735 --> 01:23:54.781 Your heart understood mine." 01:25:21.701 --> 01:25:24.871 Oh , Laurie! You wicked ... 01:25:25.080 --> 01:25:27.040 We heard you were in Greece or somewhere. 01:25:27.248 --> 01:25:30.210 Laurie. Come, come. 01:25:30.418 --> 01:25:32.837 You've been much occupied with business, I am sure. 01:25:33.046 --> 01:25:35.632 I'm not pursuing business just now. Grandfather agreed ... 01:25:35.799 --> 01:25:38.843 ...I should concentrate on my music for a while. 01:25:39.511 --> 01:25:41.846 -You know Fred Vaughan . -Freddy. 01:25:42.055 --> 01:25:44.057 -Good day, Laurence. -Yes. 01:25:44.265 --> 01:25:46.851 And I see you've taken up a passion for art, Freddy. 01:25:47.060 --> 01:25:51.272 -Aunt March . You Iook splendid . -I cannot say the same for you , my boy. 01:25:51.481 --> 01:25:54.651 Amy, dear, will you be Iong? I must retire. 01:25:54.859 --> 01:25:58.446 Yes, Aunt March . Do come see us. 01:26:06.746 --> 01:26:10.208 -Are they engaged? -Not yet. 01:26:18.466 --> 01:26:22.095 -Hop, hop, one, two, three, four. -Hop, hop, one, two, three, four. 01:26:22.303 --> 01:26:24.472 -Hop, hop, hop, turn . -Hop, hop, hop, turn . 01:26:27.058 --> 01:26:30.895 Friedrich , how Iong would it take strychnine to dissolve in brandy? 01:26:31.104 --> 01:26:32.480 About eight minutes? 01:26:32.689 --> 01:26:36.651 And is a dagger worn at the waist, or is that a saber? 01:26:36.860 --> 01:26:42.532 I think that in these novels the dagger is usually concealed in the boot... 01:26:42.741 --> 01:26:45.577 ...by a man with a dark mustache. 01:27:13.146 --> 01:27:15.023 Go this way. 01:27:16.566 --> 01:27:18.610 Hurry, hurry. 01:27:21.070 --> 01:27:22.781 Well ... 01:27:31.873 --> 01:27:35.335 Oh , Laurie, how lovely. 01:27:40.089 --> 01:27:42.175 It isn't what it should be... 01:27:42.383 --> 01:27:45.804 -...but you have improved it. -PIease don't. 01:27:46.012 --> 01:27:50.475 I liked you much better when you were blunt and natural . 01:27:51.935 --> 01:27:54.395 It did not serve me well . 01:27:57.148 --> 01:27:59.567 I find you changed . 01:28:01.986 --> 01:28:03.655 I n fact, I despise you . 01:28:03.863 --> 01:28:07.158 You laze about, spending your family's money and courting women . 01:28:08.034 --> 01:28:10.370 You aren't serious about music. 01:28:10.578 --> 01:28:13.498 My compositions are like your paintings. 01:28:13.706 --> 01:28:17.794 Mediocre copies of another man's genius. 01:28:18.002 --> 01:28:22.465 Then why don't you go to grandfather in London and make yourself useful? 01:28:22.674 --> 01:28:24.217 I should . 01:28:24.968 --> 01:28:27.387 Why don't you reform me? 01:28:29.973 --> 01:28:32.600 I've someone more practical in mind . 01:28:32.809 --> 01:28:35.728 You do not Iove Fred Vaughan . 01:28:35.937 --> 01:28:38.273 Fred Vaughan is stable and well-mannered-- 01:28:38.481 --> 01:28:41.025 And has 40,000 a year. 01:28:41.234 --> 01:28:44.320 I've always known I would not marry a pauper. 01:28:45.488 --> 01:28:48.366 I expect a proposal any day. 01:28:48.950 --> 01:28:51.202 You'Il regret it. 01:28:51.411 --> 01:28:54.330 I'Il regret it. 01:28:55.248 --> 01:28:58.668 I'm reminded of a promise. 01:28:59.210 --> 01:29:02.338 Didn't I say I would kiss you before you die? 01:29:04.340 --> 01:29:06.551 Do you hear from Jo? 01:29:07.218 --> 01:29:10.555 She has befriended a German professor. 01:29:13.391 --> 01:29:15.476 Yes, well , no doubt he's showing her... 01:29:15.685 --> 01:29:17.562 ...the ways of the world . 01:29:18.438 --> 01:29:23.067 I do not wish to be courted by someone who is still in love with my sister. 01:29:23.651 --> 01:29:25.904 I'm not in love with Jo. 01:29:26.112 --> 01:29:30.742 -Then how do you explain your jealousy? -I envy her happiness. 01:29:33.119 --> 01:29:35.747 I envy his happiness. 01:29:35.955 --> 01:29:41.085 I envy John Brooke for marrying Meg . I hate Fred Vaughan . 01:29:41.294 --> 01:29:44.339 And if Beth had a lover, I would despise him too. 01:29:44.547 --> 01:29:48.885 Just as you have always known you would never marry a pauper... 01:29:49.093 --> 01:29:54.933 ...I have always known I should be part of the March family. 01:29:55.975 --> 01:29:58.811 I do not wish to be Ioved for my family. 01:29:59.020 --> 01:30:03.024 Any more than Fred Vaughan wishes to be loved for his 40,000 a year. 01:30:30.385 --> 01:30:32.136 My darling Amy. 01:30:32.345 --> 01:30:35.890 It is you l want and not your family. 01:30:36.099 --> 01:30:39.727 L've gone to London to make myself worthy of you. 01:30:39.936 --> 01:30:44.315 Please, do not do anything we shall regret. 01:30:47.360 --> 01:30:50.822 Monsieur Vaughan, mademoiselle, may I show him in? 01:31:02.875 --> 01:31:05.795 -Friedrich , did you read it? -Yes. 01:31:06.546 --> 01:31:07.714 It's... 01:31:07.922 --> 01:31:10.550 Oh , it's well-written , Jo. 01:31:10.758 --> 01:31:14.220 And a first novel . What a great accomplishment. 01:31:14.429 --> 01:31:17.473 Well , I'm going to be showing it to your publisher friend , Mr. Fields, today. 01:31:17.682 --> 01:31:20.685 He liked "The Sinner's Corpse." 01:31:21.728 --> 01:31:22.812 What is it? 01:31:23.021 --> 01:31:25.690 Mr. Fields is a good man . He will-- 01:31:25.898 --> 01:31:28.651 He will give you an honest opinion . 01:31:28.860 --> 01:31:31.946 Oh , I see. 01:31:33.573 --> 01:31:35.575 What is your honest opinion? 01:31:35.783 --> 01:31:37.285 I'm a professor of philosophy, Jo. 01:31:37.493 --> 01:31:39.704 No, I'd really like to know what you think. 01:31:42.206 --> 01:31:46.878 You sh-- You should be writing from life... 01:31:47.086 --> 01:31:49.047 ...from the depths of your soul . 01:31:49.255 --> 01:31:52.759 There is nothing in here of the woman that I am privileged to know. 01:31:55.178 --> 01:31:57.972 Friedrich , this is what I write. 01:31:59.557 --> 01:32:02.560 My apologies if it fails to Iive up to your high standards. 01:32:02.769 --> 01:32:06.314 Jo, there is more to you than this... 01:32:06.522 --> 01:32:09.609 ...if you have the courage to write it. 01:32:54.779 --> 01:32:55.988 Meg ! 01:32:58.407 --> 01:32:59.408 Jo? 01:33:02.745 --> 01:33:04.455 Jo! 01:33:04.956 --> 01:33:06.290 Oh , Meg ! 01:33:09.585 --> 01:33:11.838 Oh , why didn't you tell me? 01:33:12.046 --> 01:33:14.132 Well , one hardly speaks of such things. 01:33:14.340 --> 01:33:17.176 Oh , how wonderful . 01:33:21.097 --> 01:33:25.810 -How is Beth? -You will find her much altered . 01:33:43.369 --> 01:33:45.037 Marmee. 01:33:48.541 --> 01:33:51.002 She wouldn't let us send for you sooner. 01:33:51.210 --> 01:33:54.839 The doctor has been here a number of times... 01:33:55.047 --> 01:33:57.884 ...but it's beyond all of us, and I think... 01:34:02.597 --> 01:34:05.516 I think she's been waiting for you ... 01:34:06.350 --> 01:34:08.102 ...before-- 01:34:22.241 --> 01:34:25.745 Drink up all this good broth . 01:34:25.953 --> 01:34:30.750 -I'm glad you're home. -So am I . 01:34:47.350 --> 01:34:51.062 "Mr. Pickwick changed color. 'Ah,' said Mr. Wartle. 01:34:51.270 --> 01:34:55.816 'Well , that's important. There's nothing suspicious then , I suppose."' 01:34:57.151 --> 01:35:00.363 I feel stronger with you close by. 01:35:03.824 --> 01:35:06.452 I'm gonna get you better yet. 01:35:07.370 --> 01:35:11.582 If God wants me with him , there is none who will stop him. 01:35:17.505 --> 01:35:19.674 I don't mind . 01:35:20.758 --> 01:35:23.302 I was never Iike the rest of you ... 01:35:23.511 --> 01:35:27.890 ...making plans about the great things I'd do. 01:35:30.184 --> 01:35:33.646 I never saw myself as anything much . 01:35:33.854 --> 01:35:36.357 Not a great writer Iike you . 01:35:36.565 --> 01:35:39.402 Oh , Beth . I'm not a great writer. 01:35:39.610 --> 01:35:41.821 But you will be. 01:35:45.574 --> 01:35:48.953 Oh , Jo, I've missed you so. 01:35:52.707 --> 01:35:56.002 Why does everyone want to go away? 01:35:57.503 --> 01:36:00.423 I love being home. 01:36:03.384 --> 01:36:06.637 But I don't Iike being leff behind . 01:36:10.641 --> 01:36:13.686 Now I am the one going ahead . 01:36:17.648 --> 01:36:20.568 I am not afraid . 01:36:22.320 --> 01:36:25.406 I can be brave Iike you . 01:36:27.950 --> 01:36:33.331 But I know I shall be homesick for you , even in heaven . 01:36:33.539 --> 01:36:35.958 Oh , Beth . 01:36:36.167 --> 01:36:37.626 No. 01:36:38.711 --> 01:36:41.172 I won't let you go. 01:36:42.506 --> 01:36:44.717 Oh , my Jo. 01:39:04.940 --> 01:39:07.026 Aunt March is bedridden ... 01:39:07.234 --> 01:39:09.528 ...and would not survive a sea voyage. 01:39:09.737 --> 01:39:12.781 Amy must bide her time and return later. 01:39:14.700 --> 01:39:16.785 It's just as well . 01:39:19.914 --> 01:39:23.250 Will we never all be together again? 01:40:11.340 --> 01:40:14.510 -Lovely morning . -Good morning . 01:40:14.718 --> 01:40:16.512 Thank you , sir. 01:40:28.941 --> 01:40:30.693 Dearest Laurie. 01:40:30.901 --> 01:40:33.654 You may not have heard our sad news of Beth. 01:40:33.862 --> 01:40:35.906 "Meg has entered her confinement... 01:40:36.115 --> 01:40:39.743 ...and poor Amy must stay in Vevey with Aunt March ." 01:40:48.586 --> 01:40:52.464 This is far too great a sorrow to bear alone. 01:40:52.673 --> 01:40:55.718 Please come home to us, Teddy dear. 01:40:56.260 --> 01:40:59.221 Your faithful, Jo. 01:41:17.656 --> 01:41:20.159 Oh , Laurie. 01:41:27.750 --> 01:41:30.085 I knew you would come. 01:43:38.714 --> 01:43:41.049 The real charm of it lay in Beth 's happy face... 01:43:41.258 --> 01:43:42.718 ...as she leaned over the new piano... 01:43:42.926 --> 01:43:47.264 ...and lovingly touched the beautiful black and white keys. 01:43:51.059 --> 01:43:53.479 During the next few minutes, the rumor circulated... 01:43:53.687 --> 01:43:58.150 ...that Amy March had got 24 delicious limes. 01:43:58.942 --> 01:44:00.986 L told you they dressed me up, but l didn't tell you... 01:44:01.195 --> 01:44:05.115 ...that they powdered and squeezed, and made me look a fashion plate. 01:44:06.825 --> 01:44:09.495 As she spoke, Jo took off her bonnet. 01:44:09.703 --> 01:44:14.750 A general outcry arose, for all her abundant hair was cut short. 01:44:14.958 --> 01:44:18.295 Jo, how could you? Your one beauty. 01:44:18.504 --> 01:44:21.298 Nothing's going to change, Jo. 01:45:59.354 --> 01:46:01.106 Surprise! 01:46:02.357 --> 01:46:04.860 John , you have a daughter. 01:46:05.068 --> 01:46:07.029 And a son . 01:46:10.073 --> 01:46:13.827 Oh , Marmee, I can't believe you did this four times. 01:46:15.162 --> 01:46:16.788 Yes... 01:46:17.039 --> 01:46:20.584 ...but never two at once, my darling . 01:46:39.728 --> 01:46:41.480 Oh , Daisy. 01:46:44.107 --> 01:46:46.318 Oh , Meg . She's so beautiful . 01:46:46.526 --> 01:46:48.904 And him . He is handsome. 01:46:49.112 --> 01:46:51.949 He's gonna look just Iike his papa when he grows up. 01:46:52.157 --> 01:46:55.160 Yes, he does Iook Iike John . 01:46:57.245 --> 01:46:59.706 Have you heard from the professor? 01:47:00.040 --> 01:47:03.085 No. No. 01:47:04.670 --> 01:47:07.214 We did not part well . 01:47:09.591 --> 01:47:13.011 Well , John and I don't always agree, but then we mend it. 01:47:14.888 --> 01:47:16.723 Who could that be? 01:47:29.236 --> 01:47:31.238 -Jo! -Teddy! 01:47:31.446 --> 01:47:34.700 -Oh , this is magic! -You are absolutely-- 01:47:34.908 --> 01:47:38.912 Covered in flour. Oh , dear! Come in . 01:47:39.121 --> 01:47:42.708 No, Jo, not yet. May I tell you something without the others? 01:47:42.916 --> 01:47:44.501 You're my dear friend . 01:47:44.710 --> 01:47:47.254 -I'm glad you shall be the first to know. -What? 01:47:47.462 --> 01:47:50.507 May I present... 01:47:50.716 --> 01:47:52.342 ...my wife. 01:47:54.720 --> 01:47:56.555 Jo. 01:47:58.473 --> 01:48:01.018 Amy. Oh , my. 01:48:02.144 --> 01:48:05.731 -Here. FIowers. Oh , you're so-- -Thank you . 01:48:05.939 --> 01:48:08.483 Come in . Come in . 01:48:16.658 --> 01:48:19.411 Brussels Iace. 01:48:19.619 --> 01:48:22.164 I went to Europe to paint the great cathedrals... 01:48:22.330 --> 01:48:25.000 ...but I couldn't get our home out of my mind . 01:48:25.208 --> 01:48:27.502 Oh , look how Amy has captured Orchard House. 01:48:27.711 --> 01:48:29.129 -Look. -Lovely. 01:48:29.296 --> 01:48:31.590 Oh , it's beautiful . 01:48:31.798 --> 01:48:35.135 Not as beautiful as I wanted , but I am still Iearning . 01:48:38.430 --> 01:48:40.849 Dear Iittle angel . 01:48:42.434 --> 01:48:46.229 Jo, you must tell me the truth as a sister... 01:48:46.438 --> 01:48:49.524 ...which is a relation stronger than marriage. 01:48:50.025 --> 01:48:51.902 Do you mind at all? 01:48:53.403 --> 01:48:54.571 Oh , no. 01:48:54.780 --> 01:48:57.449 I was surprised . 01:48:57.657 --> 01:49:00.285 Mind you , I had it on good authority that our Teddy... 01:49:00.494 --> 01:49:04.164 ...would never love another, and now he's gone and gotten married . 01:49:04.372 --> 01:49:06.291 It's good to hear you call me Teddy again . 01:49:10.712 --> 01:49:14.925 At last, we're all family as we always should have been . 01:49:15.717 --> 01:49:19.054 You must promise me that you will always live close by. 01:49:19.262 --> 01:49:21.473 I couldn't bear Iosing another sister. 01:49:37.823 --> 01:49:40.367 Jo, it's so gloomy and chilly. 01:49:40.575 --> 01:49:44.788 One would require an income just for the coal to heat this place. 01:49:44.996 --> 01:49:47.290 What could the dear girl have been thinking? 01:49:47.499 --> 01:49:50.001 Most Iikely she felt sorry for me. 01:49:50.210 --> 01:49:52.671 Decrepit homeless spinster. 01:49:52.879 --> 01:49:54.589 Jo. 01:49:54.923 --> 01:49:57.717 Poor aunt, Iiving here all those years alone... 01:49:57.926 --> 01:50:01.680 ...in this useless old house. 01:50:01.888 --> 01:50:05.559 Yes, her blessings became a burden because she couldn't share them . 01:50:05.767 --> 01:50:08.728 Wouldn't this have made a wonderful school? 01:50:09.104 --> 01:50:11.106 A school . 01:50:13.400 --> 01:50:15.902 What a challenge that would be. 01:50:35.172 --> 01:50:38.383 Hello, Tuppy. Hello. 01:50:41.887 --> 01:50:43.638 Good boy. 01:50:54.191 --> 01:50:58.403 My book. Someone's publishing my book. 01:50:58.612 --> 01:51:00.864 Hannah ! Hannah ! 01:51:01.072 --> 01:51:03.825 -Someone's publishing my book! -Heaven help us. 01:51:04.034 --> 01:51:05.702 But it came with no Ietter. How did it arrive? 01:51:05.911 --> 01:51:07.037 Foreign gentleman brung it. 01:51:07.245 --> 01:51:10.248 -Strange kind of name. Can't think of it. -Hannah ! 01:51:10.457 --> 01:51:14.169 -Oh , fox or bear or such . -Bhaer! Did you ask him to wait? 01:51:14.377 --> 01:51:17.172 I thought he was one of Miss Amy's European friends... 01:51:17.380 --> 01:51:18.882 ...coming with a wedding gift. 01:51:19.090 --> 01:51:23.136 I said , "M iss March and Mr. Laurie are living next door." 01:51:23.345 --> 01:51:27.307 -Oh , Hannah , you didn't! -And he said he had a train to catch . 01:51:42.614 --> 01:51:44.407 Friedrich ! 01:51:58.338 --> 01:52:00.548 Oh , Friedrich , thank you for my book. 01:52:03.760 --> 01:52:07.597 Well , when I didn't hear from you , I thought you hated it. 01:52:07.806 --> 01:52:12.102 Oh , no. No. Reading your book was Iike... 01:52:12.310 --> 01:52:14.396 ...opening a window into your heart. 01:52:14.604 --> 01:52:19.484 James Fields took it out of my hands, and he would not give it back to me. 01:52:19.693 --> 01:52:23.321 I said , "Such news I have to give to her myself." 01:52:23.947 --> 01:52:27.575 Well , it was. . . . It was a silly impulse. 01:52:27.784 --> 01:52:31.079 No, no. Not silly at all . 01:52:32.247 --> 01:52:36.084 It's so good to see you . Come and meet my family. 01:52:36.293 --> 01:52:37.919 No, I-- 01:52:38.211 --> 01:52:40.088 Thank you ... 01:52:40.380 --> 01:52:43.133 ...but I have to catch the train . 01:52:43.341 --> 01:52:46.136 I-- I'm going to the west. 01:52:46.344 --> 01:52:49.973 My ship leaves from Boston tomorrow morning . 01:52:51.141 --> 01:52:54.978 Yes. The schools in the west are young . 01:52:55.186 --> 01:52:57.397 They need professors... 01:52:58.481 --> 01:53:02.319 ...and they're not so concerned about the accent. 01:53:04.821 --> 01:53:07.073 I don't mind it either. 01:53:09.075 --> 01:53:12.329 You see, my aunt Ieft me PIumfield . 01:53:12.537 --> 01:53:16.458 It isn't a field . It's a house, actually. A rather Iarge house. 01:53:16.666 --> 01:53:20.337 And it isn't really good for anything except a school . 01:53:20.545 --> 01:53:22.088 And I want a good school ... 01:53:22.297 --> 01:53:24.883 ...one that would be open to anyone who wanted to learn . 01:53:25.050 --> 01:53:28.470 And , well , I'Il be needing someone... 01:53:28.678 --> 01:53:31.973 ...who knows how to teach . 01:53:32.515 --> 01:53:35.352 Is there nothing I might say to keep you here? 01:53:35.518 --> 01:53:37.979 I confess that... 01:53:38.188 --> 01:53:41.733 ...I was hoping that I might have a reason to stay... 01:53:41.941 --> 01:53:47.155 ...but congratulations on the celebration of your marriage. 01:53:47.364 --> 01:53:51.993 Oh , no. No. No, that's Amy. 01:53:52.202 --> 01:53:54.829 She's my sister, Amy, and Laurie, actually. 01:53:55.038 --> 01:53:58.416 No, I'm-- I'm not married . 01:54:00.919 --> 01:54:03.380 PIease don't go so far away. 01:54:05.298 --> 01:54:07.342 Jo. 01:54:07.550 --> 01:54:12.097 Such a little name for such a person . 01:54:15.975 --> 01:54:17.394 Will you have me? 01:54:18.937 --> 01:54:21.481 With all of my heart. 01:54:25.151 --> 01:54:28.863 But I have nothing to give you . My hands are empty. 01:54:31.533 --> 01:54:33.827 Not empty now.