tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373804891656164472.post7038264034401276265..comments2024-01-27T02:00:46.694-05:00Comments on Yet Another Period Drama Blog: Anne of Green Gables Week: Plagiarizing Little WomenMiss Dashwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15821653607968651548noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373804891656164472.post-21641218305658322592022-03-02T14:36:10.979-05:002022-03-02T14:36:10.979-05:00Little Women, where the March sisters are rehearsi...Little Women, where the March sisters are rehearsing for their Christmas Play<br /><br />“You won’t stop, I know, as long as you can trail round in a white gown with your hair down, and wear gold-paper jewelry. You are the best actress we’ve got, and there’ll be an end of everything if you quit the boards,” said Jo. “We ought to rehearse tonight. Come here, Amy, and do the fainting scene, for you are as stiff as a poker in that.”<br /><br />“I can’t help it. I never saw anyone faint, and I don’t choose to make myself all black and blue, tumbling flat as you do. If I can go down easily, I’ll drop. If I can’t, I shall fall into a chair and be graceful. I don’t care if Hugo does come at me with a pistol,” returned Amy, who was not gifted with dramatic power, but was chosen because she was small enough to be borne out shrieking by the villain of the piece.<br /><br />“Do it this way. Clasp your hands so, and stagger across the room, crying frantically, ‘Roderigo! Save me! Save me!’” and away went Jo, with a melodramatic scream which was truly thrilling.<br /><br />Amy followed, but she poked her hands out stiffly before her, and jerked herself along as if she went by machinery, and her “Ow!” was more suggestive of pins being run into her than of fear and anguish. Jo gave a despairing groan, and Meg laughed outright, while Beth let her bread burn as she watched the fun with interest. “It’s no use! Do the best you can when the time comes, and if the audience laughs, don’t blame me. Come on, Meg.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373804891656164472.post-11689665116325169562022-03-02T14:35:59.946-05:002022-03-02T14:35:59.946-05:00When Anne is rehearsing the Mary Queen of Scots pl...When Anne is rehearsing the Mary Queen of Scots play with her students... <br /><br />BROOKE: ...Don't just stand there like limp rags. Now, this is life or death.<br /><br />HATTIE PRINGLE: "Help me! Help me!"<br /><br />BROOKE: Feel it!<br /><br />MYRA PRINGLE: "Let go of the queen!"<br /><br />BROOKE: Myra, since you're upstage, don't hide your face.<br /><br />HATTIE PRINGLE: "Help me, my mistress. Have mercy. Mercy, nay. I am innocent. Save me, sweet lady. Will ye, slave, save me, too?"<br /><br />MYRA PRINGLE: "Drag him away. Pluck his hands off her!"<br /><br />JEN PRINGLE: This scene looks ridiculous! I'm not going to lower myself any further!<br /><br />BROOKE: Hattie, you're as stiff as a poker.<br /><br />HATTIE PRINGLE: I can't help it. I don't want to bruise myself. If I can go down easily, I will.<br /><br />ANNE: You've all seen Essie carrying on. Now. do it this way. [dramatically] "I am innocent! Save me, sweet lady!" Now the queen, she orders the guards to halt, but the guards haul Rizzio away. Now, Hattie, you try it.<br /><br />HATTIE PRINGLE: [forced] "I am innocent! Save me, sweet lady."<br /><br />JEN PRINGLE: I refuse to play opposite her!<br /><br />ANNE: She is the only one who can be remotely convincing as an Italian musician. Do what you can, Miss Brooke.<br /><br />BROOKE: Well, don't blame me if the audience leaves. Once more, Hattie. And please, relax.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373804891656164472.post-10543970174167510762021-09-06T02:13:28.534-04:002021-09-06T02:13:28.534-04:00Just reading "An Old-fashioned Girl" for...Just reading "An Old-fashioned Girl" for the first time (Alcott, 1869) and I had to look up when Anne of Green Gables was written (1908) because I thought surely L.M. Montgomery must have been a huge fan of Alcott's! <br />Alcott uses "carrots" as a nickname for a redhead, and the phrase "I am in the depths of despair"! Not done with this book yet, but I am really enjoying it. ☺️lemonjoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16180573092235322935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373804891656164472.post-85965311122568726152020-08-15T19:02:18.166-04:002020-08-15T19:02:18.166-04:00I am an avid fan of both films. I haven’t read Li...I am an avid fan of both films. I haven’t read Little Women since I was a child and began it this evening. The scene in chapter one where Jo is explaining to Amy how to faint is very similar to the scene in AOGG the sequel where Anne teaches one of the Pringle girls to fall to her knees in the school production. I think if I was a film maker, I’d want to include elements from all the books I love, not to plagiarise but because those books had an impact on my life.Helen Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13158889878137794655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373804891656164472.post-63756578834871219832020-04-23T13:20:34.289-04:002020-04-23T13:20:34.289-04:00I just found this article, because I am reading th...I just found this article, because I am reading the AOGG series & noticing the similarities to LW, which I finished recently, so I did a little research to see if others had noticed them too. One I haven't yet seen mentioned here is that both have fraternal sets of twins with names starting with the letter D. First there were "Daisy & Demi," then there were "Davy & Dora." <br /><br />Just like Jo, Anne rebuffs certain romantic notions as "sentimental." So many, many parallels, I can't remember them all. Still loved both books tho'!Kristalyn Pachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18304319229485553255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373804891656164472.post-69723370773561026172018-07-03T23:13:45.318-04:002018-07-03T23:13:45.318-04:00The dialogue about "crying over an English le...The dialogue about "crying over an English lesson" in the Anne sequel is directly stolen from The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. I had no idea until I was given a copy of that book and was reading dialogue I'd only ever associated with the Sullivan film. Was totally shocked! It left me wondering how many other snippets of various lesser-known books were used.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07853043679572521319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373804891656164472.post-2057561471843897982018-01-09T00:08:32.600-05:002018-01-09T00:08:32.600-05:00Take a deep breath and just relax. Its not that se...Take a deep breath and just relax. Its not that serious. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373804891656164472.post-16981654319309795302018-01-09T00:05:51.720-05:002018-01-09T00:05:51.720-05:00The scene belongs to Little Women. It was NOT in t...The scene belongs to Little Women. It was NOT in the Anne books. I read both. I noticed this stolen scene the first time I saw the Anne movie. Why the screen writer chose to use almost the exact same lines is beyond me. So obvious. The producers are lucky that Little Women is so old that they can't be sued. Anyway, love both books and movies, but the plagiarized scene was totally unnecessary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373804891656164472.post-12139271410116561462017-11-28T11:02:35.362-05:002017-11-28T11:02:35.362-05:00I've always thought the same thing! They are v...I've always thought the same thing! They are very similar in several ways, and the proposal scene is almost exactly the same in both. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04936779649937493749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373804891656164472.post-20950321011533430712017-06-12T12:41:29.464-04:002017-06-12T12:41:29.464-04:00Ketutar,
I'm sorry this lighthearted post wri...Ketutar,<br /><br />I'm sorry this lighthearted post written over five years ago offended you. That was certainly never the intention, and if you go back and read it more carefully, you'll see that the majority of it is tongue-in-cheek and merely pointing out a funny coincidence between the two scenes. You're right, I do use the word "plagiarism" lightly, but again, the entire post was meant to be taken in a light and funny way. I'm certainly not accusing anyone of a crime, and if it comes across that way, I am sorry to hear it. That is not the way I meant this to be at all. <br /><br />I welcome your future comments here and am happy to hear differing viewpoints and even criticism of my writing, as that is how we all learn and grow in creativity. I would appreciate it in future if you kept your comments a little more courteous, as I'd like to maintain a pleasant atmosphere on this blog. (Didn't delete your comment, though, as I don't want to silence people who don't agree with me. That's not my intention either. I just ask that you keep it civil.)<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by. Miss Dashwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15821653607968651548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373804891656164472.post-50022980868292141312017-05-31T03:52:34.706-04:002017-05-31T03:52:34.706-04:00What do I think?
The word "plagiarizing"...What do I think?<br /><br />The word "plagiarizing" actually means something specific, and it's not "being inspired by" or "talking about the same themes" or "having a similar scene in the book". You are accusing Lucy Maud Montgomery of stealing and lying about it to sell Louisa Alcott's work for her own profit. I don't like your accusations.<br />But - it is always possible.<br /><br />So, let's move on to your reasons.<br /><br />You are accusing her of the sins of the tv manuscript writers. As if you weren't aware of that people who write film manuscripts based on books aren't always faithful to the original text, and often veer away from it, even to the extend that their work isn't even recognizable. <br /><br />How was the scene treated in the book? <br />Anne spoke with Diana about it, not with Gilbert. She mentioned it to Gilbert: "She would not read the story to Gilbert, although she told him about it.<br />“If it is a success you’ll see it when it is published, Gilbert, but if it is a failure nobody shall ever see it.” <br />No hat throwing, hurrays or Irish children.<br />Doesn't sound like a plagiat to me.<br /><br />You quote the book, published 1868/69, and compare that to the script written some time before 1987 when the movie came out, and then you say "The Sequel was made seven years before Little Women, so perhaps Columbia Pictures were the plagiarizers". That the text YOU QUOTE existed more than 100 years before EITHER SCRIPT WAS WRITTEN doesn't seem to have any connection to any of this in your mind.<br /><br />What I think is that you owe a HUGE apology to ms. Montgomery. Ketutarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17817006362006690145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373804891656164472.post-52650682293606982092013-10-11T15:21:55.059-04:002013-10-11T15:21:55.059-04:00It's a well known fact that the "writers&...It's a well known fact that the "writers" for the Anne of Green Gables borrowed liberally from "Little Women" for their dialogue." There's even a list of similarities on the Internet Movie Database (IMDB).<br /><br />Since I have both series practically memorized, it makes for a jarring experience to hear lines from "Little Women" spoken in the Anne of Greene Gables movies as if they were original dialogue and makes the movies unwatchable for me.ThatDeborahGirlhttp://deblite.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373804891656164472.post-34552001063063072582013-07-31T23:57:07.266-04:002013-07-31T23:57:07.266-04:00This is why I don't think the Sullivan films a...This is why I don't think the Sullivan films are that great. In Little Women it was a BAD thing that Jo/Laurie were too alike, while in the Anne books it was a GOOD thing Gilbert/Anne were alike, so it was silly to rip off the dialogue from Little Women for the Anne movies.ursulanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373804891656164472.post-51119603397120291262013-06-30T21:58:22.920-04:002013-06-30T21:58:22.920-04:00I noticed the same things! :) Thanks for a good p...I noticed the same things! :) Thanks for a good post!<br />(And I love that line by Mr. Bennet at the end...one of my favorites.) :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373804891656164472.post-8714465815848580882012-11-23T18:02:34.250-05:002012-11-23T18:02:34.250-05:00A.Anneophile. I thought that there was a great si...A.Anneophile. I thought that there was a great similarity. The ver first time I viewed Little Women(1994), I could not help but think of the proposal scene in Anne of Green Gable.. glad to see that many minds think alike. thank you for posting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373804891656164472.post-35125251853130191922012-10-10T20:57:10.671-04:002012-10-10T20:57:10.671-04:00I just watched Anne of Green Gables the sequel and...I just watched Anne of Green Gables the sequel and Little Women from 1949. The proposal scenes are almost identical. It seems that the Sullivan Entertainment used snippets from 1949 Little Women.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373804891656164472.post-82718002534242975412012-07-17T15:54:23.675-04:002012-07-17T15:54:23.675-04:00Anne of Green Gables and the Sequel also have extr...Anne of Green Gables and the Sequel also have extreme similarities to the 1949 little women. There's even a scene in AofGG the Sequel, the one where Ms. Brooke is explaining the rules of the school and the script is ridiculously close to The Sound of Music where Captain Von Trapp is explaining the rules to Maria when she arrives at the house.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04299157154438522754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373804891656164472.post-53352538244252325392012-05-12T04:00:16.805-04:002012-05-12T04:00:16.805-04:00So many similarities between Little Women and Anne...So many similarities between Little Women and Anne of Green Gables! (Love them both... but I'll admit to loving Anne more.) A few similarities between Jo and Anne that I came up with:<br /><br />-Both girls are shown doing clumsy things due to their inabilities to pay attention (Jo burning her dress and Meg's hair, Anne forgetting to cover a canister so that a mouse drowns in the sauce, etc...)<br /><br />-Both girls are very hot tempered<br /><br />-Both girls participate in reenactments of poems and plays (Jo and her sisters act "Pilgrims Progress" as well as her original plays, Anne and her friends reenact "The Lady of Shallot")<br /><br />-Both girls are vain about their hair and lose it (Jo sells hers, Anne dyes hers badly and has to cut it)<br /><br />-Both girls become companions to rich, cranky old ladies (Aunt Josephine Barry/Aunt March) who later leave money/gifts to the girls.<br /><br />-Both girls leave home to become more "worldly," live in a boarding house, become teachers.<br /><br />-Both girls are upset to find out that a close friend/sister is getting married (Diana/Fred Wright and Meg/John Brooke). They purposely barge in on the couples' romantic moments.<br /><br />-They get the news of those relationships from Gilbert and Laurie. Both boys try to comfort the girls that they will understand better when they fall in love, which both girls vehemently deny they will.<br /><br />-Both girls reject marriage proposals from their best friends because they don't want things to change.<br /><br />-Both girls start out writing sensational period fiction for magazines. Both have a love interest who critiques them honestly, saying that they are talented but should switch from overdramatic writing styles to writing what they know.<br /><br />-Both girls then write books based on their lives and the people they love, which are successfully published.<br /><br />-Both girls are courted by a rich man and a poor man; both choose the poor man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373804891656164472.post-79566186993500810732012-04-01T17:59:41.193-04:002012-04-01T17:59:41.193-04:00I think most of those scenes you've mentioned ...I think most of those scenes you've mentioned were from the adaptation rather than taken directly from the book. I'm not so familiar with Little Women, though, so can't comment on that.Katie Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844778170761632779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373804891656164472.post-24122623935657655682012-03-18T02:14:02.406-04:002012-03-18T02:14:02.406-04:00That video made me smile. :) They ARE terribly sim...That video made me smile. :) They ARE terribly similar!Charity Uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02717998337967392912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373804891656164472.post-33439868299070378072012-03-17T19:12:58.522-04:002012-03-17T19:12:58.522-04:00Dear Miss Dashwood (I did say Hi at first, but it ...Dear Miss Dashwood (I did say Hi at first, but it seemed funny simply saying 'hi' to a Jane Austen character that's why I called you 'dear', sorry if I don't make any sence)<br /><br />I never thought of that before! Hmm, I rally can't choose, I love both movies and I don't want to think badly of one of the authors. <br /><br />Call me Jane if you like (are you referring to Miss Bennet?) But I am really inclined to think the best of both of them. <br /><br />~LaurenLaurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14024273642757543577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373804891656164472.post-38243416877415515742012-03-17T14:34:46.545-04:002012-03-17T14:34:46.545-04:00I hadn't noticed that before!
The words and t...I hadn't noticed that before!<br /> The words and the screen were hilarous!<br /> Thanks for the post!Ellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18273799468202316317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373804891656164472.post-72368001084954158132012-03-16T23:57:21.825-04:002012-03-16T23:57:21.825-04:00Haha, that must be why I like the two so much! I n...Haha, that must be why I like the two so much! I never did realize it until you pointed it out. <br /><br />Loving this week! Great idea.Sunny Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10185336977090257875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373804891656164472.post-32675267488310052392012-03-16T22:26:13.231-04:002012-03-16T22:26:13.231-04:00Yes, I've thought that, too. I'd have to s...Yes, I've thought that, too. I'd have to say I'm sticking by Alcott's side, whether she's the originator or not. =) I guess Montgomery thought a good idea shouldn't be contained between the covers of just one book. =)Leannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11974674723308566963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373804891656164472.post-19097934347775548092012-03-16T20:14:58.665-04:002012-03-16T20:14:58.665-04:00I am soooo glad you posted this! I want to do a po...I am soooo glad you posted this! I want to do a post about it too. The stolen things were from the Little Women novel to the movie (exact lines so it was truly plagiarism) and was NOT L.M. Montgomery's doing at all and you CAN tell who has done it, but the similar author/main character plot is too common to bother about. The Anne novels were QUITE MORE than good enough in themselves, and they did not need to be adjusted in the movies. I do remember something else. I read Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm and much of this story seemed like Anne of Green Gables (Rebecca seemed similar to Anne), but this story and herioine aggravated me whereas I love Anne and her books. Unfortunately Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farms was published first, so I sure hope that L.M. Montgomery never read them-I do not want her to be a copier-her books are two good!Livia Rachellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02755623391278276925noreply@blogger.com