Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921 film)
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| Directed by | Alfred E. Green Jack Pickford |
| Written by | Frances Hodgson Burnett (novel) Bernard McConville (writer) |
| Produced by | Mary Pickford |
| Starring | Mary Pickford |
| Cinematography | Charles Rosher |
| Music by | Gaylord Carter Louis F. Gottschalk |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
| Box office | $900,000 (USA)[1] |
Little Lord Fauntleroy is a 1921 American film. It was directed by Alfred E. Green and Jack Pickford and starred the latter's elder sister Mary Pickford as both Cedric Errol and Widow Errol. The film is based on the novel Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886) by Frances Hodgson Burnett.[2] A statue depicting Mary Pickford's role exists today on the facade of New York City's landmarked I. Miller Building.[3]
Plot summary
Cedric Errol is a poor American boy who finds out that he is the sole heir to a wealthy British earldom and thus becomes Lord Fauntleroy.
Cast
- Mary Pickford as Cedric Errol and Widow Errol
- Claude Gillingwater as Earl of Dorincourt
- Joseph J. Dowling as William Havisham
- James A. Marcus as Hobbs
- Kate Price as Mrs. McGinty
- Fred Malatesta as Dick
- Rose Dione as Minna
- Arthur Thalasso as The Stranger
- Colin Kenny as Bevis
- Emmett King as Reverend Mordaunt
- Madame De Bodamere as Mrs. Higgins
- Milton Berle (uncredited role)
See also
- Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)
- Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
- Little Lord Fauntleroy, the book
References
- ^ Balio, Tino (2009). United Artists: The Company Built by the Stars. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-23004-3.
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- ^ "In Times Square, a New Landmark: I. Miller Building, With 4 Calder Sculptures; There's No Business Like Shoe Business". New York Times. July 4, 1999. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
And the winners were: for opera, Rosa Ponselle in the title role of Norma; for movies, Mary Pickford in the title role of Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921); for musical comedy, Marilyn Miller in the title role of Sunny (1925) and for drama, Ethel Barrymore as Ophelia, a non-title role.
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- Little Lord Fauntleroy is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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