I found it incredibly strange that in the 1933 adaptation of “Little Women” began with soldiers walking into town.  I know the way the camera was position and the direction of the walking soldiers in a way pulled viewers into the movie, but why is that the first scene you see after the opening credits?  The problem here is that the only time the soldiers are ever mentioned in the book and the rest of the movie is when the girls speak of their father.  Perhaps Cukor was trying to simply let the viewers know that there is a war going on.  Either way, I must say that the whole sequence was very out of place and confused me a little when I first saw the film.