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Little Men (1940)

Directed by Norman Z. McLeod

Drama

Overview

Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a tough street kid, comes to the school, he wins Jo’s heart despite his hard edge, and she defends him when he is falsely accused. Dan’s foster father, Major Burdle, is a swindler in cahoots with another crook called Willie the Fox. When the Plumfield School becomes in danger of foreclosure, the two con men cook up a scheme to save the home.

Length 84 minutes

Actors

Kay Francis | Jack Oakie | George Bancroft | Jimmy Lydon | Ann Gillis | Carl Esmond | Richard Nichols | Casey Johnson | Francesca Santoro | Johnny Burke | Lillian Randolph | Sammy McKim | Edward Rice | Anne Howard | Jimmy Zahner | Bobby Cooper | Schuyler Standish | Paul Matthews | Tony Neil | Fred Estes | Douglas Rucker | Donald Rackerby | William Demarest | Sterling Holloway | Isabel Jewell | Charles Arnt | Stanley Blystone | Nora Cecil | Hal K. Dawson | Sarah Edwards | George D. Green | Jack Henderson | Howard C. Hickman | Lloyd Ingraham | George Irving | William Irving | Bud Jamison | Henry Rackin | Nella Walker | Clarence Wilson | Duke York

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

I like Kay Francis here as the “mother” to all these orphaned children but she’s not given enough screentime. It’s more about the delinquent teen and his adopted father, a traveling snakeoil salesman.

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