Freddie Bartholomew, Dolores Costello, C. Aubrey Smith | Little Lord Fau...
Little Lord Fauntleroy is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was published as a serial in St. Nicholas Magazine from November 1885 to October 1886, then as a book by Scribner's (the publisher of St. Nicholas) in 1886 Polly Hovarth writes that Little Lord Fauntleroy "was the Harry Potter of his time and Frances Hodgson Burnett was as celebrated for creating him as J. K. Rowling is for Potter". 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.
Cast
Freddie Bartholomew as Cedric "Ceddie" Errol, Lord Fauntleroy
Dolores Costello Barrymore as "Dearest" Errol
C. Aubrey Smith as the Earl of Dorincourt
Guy Kibbee as Silas Hobbs
Henry Stephenson as Mr Havisham
Mickey Rooney as Dick Tipton, a Brooklyn bootblack
Una O'Connor as Mary, the Errols' servant
Constance Collier as Lady Constantia Lorridaile, Dorincourt's sister
Jackie Searl as Tom Tipton
Jessie Ralph as the Applewoman from Brooklyn
Helen Flint as Minna Tipton
Walter Kingsford as Joshua Snade, Minna's lawyer
E. E. Clive as Sir Harry Lorridaile, Constantia's husband
Ivan F. Simpson as Reverend Mordaunt
Virginia Field as Miss Herbert, the singer at party
Eric Alden as Ben Tipton, Dick's brother
William Ingersoll as the Doctor
The budget for the film was $500,000 and the move came in at the figure with a final cost of $590K. By 1939, the movie was at a profit of $447K!
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