Inside the Filming of Greta Gerwig’s Little Women

Based on the iconic Louisa May Alcott book and coming to theaters Christmas Day, Little Women did much of its filming here on the North Shore.

Natalie GaleDecember 19, 2019

“Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents,” said Jo March in the opening line of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. One-hundred fifty years later, on Christmas, comes the first screen adaptation filmed in Massachusetts, where Alcott set her classic semi-autobiographical novel. Director Greta Gerwig brings the book to vivid life, featuring a star-studded cast of Emma Watson, Saoirse Ronan, Timothée Chalamet, and Meryl Streep. The heartwarming story follows four sisters as they come of age in post-Civil War Concord, Massachusetts. Out of countless film adaptations of Little Women, Gerwig’s, presented by

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Inside the Filming of Greta Gerwig’s Little Women

Based on the iconic Louisa May Alcott book and coming to theaters Christmas Day, Little Women did much of its filming here on the North Shore.

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