Little Lord Fauntleroy

3/6/19361h 42m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ WHETHER YOUR HEART IS YOUNG OR OLD...THIS GREAT PICTURE TELLS A STORY THAT WILL TOUCH YOU DEEPLY! ~

Overview:

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.

Director:

John Cromwell

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$590,000.00

Revenue:

$1,037,000.00

Key words:

based on novel or book
england
grandparent grandchild relationship
grocer
lord
brooklyn, new york city
heir
scam artist
earl
shoeshine boy
19th century
aristocracy
1880s

Cast

Freddie Bartholomew

~ as ~

Cedric 'Ceddie' Erroll aka Lord Fauntleroy

Dolores Costello

~ as ~

'Dearest' Erroll

C. Aubrey Smith

~ as ~

Earl of Dorincourt

Guy Kibbee

~ as ~

Silas Hobbs

Henry Stephenson

~ as ~

Havisham

Mickey Rooney

~ as ~

Dick Tipton

Constance Collier

~ as ~

Lady Constantia Lorridaile

E. E. Clive

~ as ~

Sir Harry Lorridaile

Una O'Connor

~ as ~

Mary

Jackie Searl

~ as ~

Tom Tipton

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
7
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 Stephenson 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.