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Little Men (1940) is an American film based on the novel Little Men (1871) by Louisa May Alcott. Norman Z. McLeod directed the film. It is the second sequel to Little Women (1933 film) after Little Men (1934 film)

Little Men
1940 Theatrical Poster
Directed by	Norman Z. McLeod
Written by	Mark Kelly Arthur Caesar Jack Wagner
Based on	Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
Produced by	C. Graham Baker Donald J. Ehlers Gene Towne
Starring	Kay Francis Jack Oakie George Bancroft
Cinematography	Nicholas Musuraca
Edited by	George Hively
Music by	Roy Webb
Production company	RKO Radio Pictures
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	December 7, 1940 (1940-12-07)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

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Jo March (Kay Francis), the lead character in Alcott's novel Little Women, now runs a private school for young boys.

Cast

• Kay Francis as Jo March
• Jack Oakie as Willie the Fox
• George Bancroft as Major Burdle
• Jimmy Lydon as Dan
• Ann Gillis as Nan
• Carl Esmond as Professor Bhaer
• Richard Nichols as Teddy
• Francesca Santoro as Bess
• Lillian Randolph as Asia
• Johnny Burke as Silas
• Sammy McKim as Tommy
• Edward Rice as Demi
• Anne Howard as Daisy
• Jimmy Zahner as Jack
• Bobby Cooper as Adolphus
• Schuyler Standish as Nat
• Paul Matthews as Stuffy
• Tony Neil as Ned
• Fred Estes as Emmett
• Douglas Rucker as Billy
• Donald Rackerby as Frank
• William Demarest as Constable Tom Thorpe
• Sterling Holloway as Reporter
• Isabel Jewell as Stella
• Elsie the Cow as Buttercup

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, Nella Walker, Clarence Wilson and Duke York appear uncredited.

Soundtrack

• Lillian Randolph - "Roll, Jordan, Roll" (Traditional Negro spiritual)
• Schuyler Standish - "Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair" (Written by Stephen Foster)
• Lillian Randolph - "Aura Lea" (Music by George R. Poulton, lyrics by W.W. Fosdick)

Reception

The film recorded a loss of $214,000.[1]

See also

• Little Women (disambiguation)

References

External links

• Little Men at IMDb
• Little Men is available for free download at the Internet Archive
• Little Men at the TCM Movie Database
• Little Men at AllMovie

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