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For American Masters, Elizabeth Marvel represents Louisa May Alcott. (Photo: Liane Brandon.)
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman
Behind Little Women, Fall '09
A co-production of Nancy Porter Productions, Inc. and WNET. To be presented by: American Masters. Distributor: PBS. Episodes: 1 x 85 (HD). Status: completed. Budget: $1.76 million. Major funders: NEH, CPB, Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, Simons Foundation, NEA, PBS. Executive producer: Susan Lacy. Producer/director: Nancy Porter. Producer/writer: Harriet Reisen. Actors: Elizabeth Marvel, Daniel Gerroll, Jane Alexander. Contact: Susan Lacy, lacy
thirteen.org; Nancy Porter nancynpproductions.net; Harriet Reisen, hreisenmac.com. ¶ Louisa Alcott’s life was no children’s book, but she got rich transforming it into stories. She died with a literary secret undiscovered for 50 years. Companion book and study guide are planned. Web: www.alcottfilm.com.
Posted Nov. 11, 2008
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