Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921 film)
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Little Lord Fauntleroy | |
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Directed by | Alfred E. Green Jack Pickford |
Written by | Bernard McConville |
Based on | Little Lord Fauntleroy 1886 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett |
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 silent drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and Jack Pickford and starring the latter's elder sister Mary Pickford as both Cedric Errol and Widow Errol. The film is based on the 1886 novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett.[2] A statue depicting 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 his mother Mrs 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 Mr Mordaunt
A young Milton Berle appears in an uncredited role.
See also
- Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)
- Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
References
- ^ Balio, Tino (2009). United Artists: The Company Built By Stars. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-23004-3. p42
- ^ "Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921)". IMDb. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
- ^ "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 January 29, 2014.
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.
External links
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- Little Lord Fauntleroy at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Little Lord Fauntleroy at SilentEra
- Little Lord Fauntleroy is available for free download at the Internet Archive
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