Little Lord Fauntleroy

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

Mar 6 1936 Approved 1h 42m
Drama, Family

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.

Plot

After the death of Cedric ('Ceddie')'s English father, he and his mother live together in Brooklyn. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, had disowned Cedric's father when he married an American, but when the Earl's remaining son dies, he accepts Cedric as Lord Fauntleroy, his heir, and the Earl sends for Cedric and his mother. Cedric uses the first of his newly found wealth to do some favors for his old friends, and then heads to England, where he must try to overcome the Earl's dislike for Cedric's mother.

Written by

Frances Hodgson Burnett, Hugh Walpole, John Cromwell

Directed by

John Cromwell

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Selznick International Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

4 wins total

Scores
# of Votes
2,823
Average Rating
7.3 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA