Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) Drama Family

If you like this movie and our channel, please subscribe: , The movie Little Lord Fauntleroy is a 1936 drama film based on the 1886 novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The film stars Freddie Bartholomew, Dolores Costello, and C. Aubrey Smith. The first film produced by David O. Selznick s Selznick International Pictures, it was the studio s most profitable film until Gone With the Wind. The film is directed by John Cromwell. Plot: Young Cedric Ceddie Errol (Freddie Bartholomew) and his widowed mother, whom he calls Dearest (Dolores Costello), live frugally in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric s prejudiced English grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt (C. Aubrey Smith), had long ago disowned his son for marrying an American. The earl sends his lawyer Havisham (Henry Stephenson) to bring Ceddie to England. As the earl s sons are all dead, Ceddie is the heir to the title. Mrs. Errol accompanies