Little Lord Fauntleroy
About Little Lord Fauntleroy
Cedric Errol and his mother, whom he calls Dearest, live poor in New York after Captain Errol's death. The Earl of Dorincourt has no other heir and sends his lawyer, Havisham, to bring the boy to England. Dearest is kept outside the castle, accused of having married for money. Cedric wins the earl over. A woman then claims her own son is the true heir. Cedric's New York friends, Dick the bootblack, the grocer Hobbs, and Mrs. McGinty, come over and expose her. The earl is reconciled with Dearest.
Cast & crew
More about Little Lord Fauntleroy
Alfred E. Green and Jack Pickford directed. Bernard McConville wrote the screenplay from Frances Hodgson Burnett's 1886 novel. Mary Pickford produced and plays both Cedric and his mother. United Artists released it on 15 September 1921. Claude Gillingwater plays the earl. Joseph J. Dowling plays Havisham. Charles Rosher photographed it.
Themes
Look
Charles Rosher photographed Pickford in both parts, the boy Cedric and the mother.
Music
Louis F. Gottschalk and Gaylord Carter are the music credits on the film's page. The picture itself is silent, with English intertitles.
Preservation
A surviving print circulates. Wikipedia times it at 112 minutes.
Notes
- TCM lists a New York opening around 11 September 1921 and a release date of 13 November, and gives the length as 9,984 feet, ten reels, about 1 hour 51 minutes.
- U.S. box office is listed at $900,000.
- A statue of Pickford in the role is on the facade of the I. Miller Building in New York.
- The film survives. It is not a lost picture.
Scenes
- Havisham takes Cedric from New York to the castle and leaves Dearest outside.
- A woman arrives claiming her son is the heir.
- Dick, Hobbs, and Mrs. McGinty expose the claim.
Influenced by
- Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886)
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921).webm)
