Little Lord Fauntleroy
WHETHER YOUR HEART IS YOUNG OR OLD...THIS GREAT PICTURE TELLS A STORY THAT WILL TOUCH YOU DEEPLY!
1936 | 102m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | John Cromwell |
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| Writer: | Hugh Walpole, Frances Hodgson Burnett |
| Staring: |
| An American boy turns out to be the heir of a wealthy British earl. He is sent to live with the irritable and unsentimental aristocrat, his grandfather. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 06, 1936 |
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| Director: | John Cromwell |
| Writer: | Hugh Walpole, Frances Hodgson Burnett |
| Genres: | Family, Drama |
| Keywords | england, based on novel or book, grandparent grandchild relationship, grocer, lord, brooklyn, new york city, heir, scam artist, earl, shoeshine boy, 19th century, aristocracy, 1880s |
| Production Companies | Selznick International Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $1,037,000
Budget: $590,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Freddie Bartholomew | Cedric 'Ceddie' Erroll aka Lord Fauntleroy |
| Dolores Costello | 'Dearest' Erroll |
| C. Aubrey Smith | Earl of Dorincourt |
| Guy Kibbee | Silas Hobbs |
| Henry Stephenson | Havisham |
| Mickey Rooney | Dick Tipton |
| Constance Collier | Lady Constantia Lorridaile |
| E. E. Clive | Sir Harry Lorridaile |
| Una O'Connor | Mary |
| Jackie Searl | Tom Tipton |
| Jessie Ralph | Applewoman |
| Ivan F. Simpson | Reverend Mordaunt |
| Helen Flint | Minna Tipton |
| Eric Alden | Ben Tipton |
| May Beatty | Mrs. Mellon |
| Virginia Field | Miss Herbert |
| Reginald Barlow | Newick |
| Lionel Belmore | Higgins |
| Tempe Pigott | Mrs. Dibble |
| Gilbert Emery | Purvis |
| Lawrence Grant | Lord Chief Justice |
| Walter Kingsford | Joshua Snade |
| Eily Malyon | Landlady |
| Fred Walton | Landlord |
| Robert Emmett O'Connor | Policeman |
| Elsa Buchanan | Susan |
| Peter Shaw | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Hal C. Kern | Editor |
| Sturges Carne | Art Direction |
| Eric Stacey | Assistant Director |
| John Cromwell | Director |
| Hugh Walpole | Writer, Screenplay |
| Max Steiner | Original Music Composer |
| Charles Rosher | Director of Photography |
| Frances Hodgson Burnett | Novel |
| Name | Title |
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| David O. Selznick | Producer |
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This is a splendid telling of Frances Hodgson Burnett's literal tale of rags to riches. Freddie Bartholomew is "Ceddie" who is living in Brooklyn with his mother "Dearest" (Dolores Costello) when he discovers that he is the heir to a great British Earldom. With the assistance of solicitor Henry Step ... henson he travels to his new stately home to meet his austere old grandfather (C. Aubrey Smith), whose heart he completely melts... It's got a few twists and turns as he must deal with another claimant to his title, but that good will out is never in doubt. Batholomew is that rarest of child actors; he is engaging - no sign of any precociousness - and together with some good contributions from Guy Kibbee ("Mr. Hobbs") and a very dapper looking Mickey Rooney ("Dick") we have a delightful story of a thoroughly good-natured young boy who gives an old man a new lease of life.