''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' is a 1921 American
silent drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Alfred E. Green and
Jack Pickford
John Charles Smith (August 18, 1896 – January 3, 1933), known professionally as Jack Pickford, was a Canadian-American actor, film director and producer. He was the younger brother of actresses Mary and Lottie Pickford.
After their father d ...
and starring the latter's elder sister
Mary Pickford
Gladys Marie Smith (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian-American stage and screen actress and producer with a career that spanned five decades. A pioneer in the US film industry, she co-founde ...
as both Cedric Errol and Widow Errol. The film is based on the 1886 novel
of the same name by
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 – 29 October 1924) was a British-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children's novels ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' (published in 1885–1886), '' A Little ...
.
A statue depicting Pickford's role exists today on the facade of New York City's landmarked
I. Miller Building
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.
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
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Mary Pickford
Gladys Marie Smith (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian-American stage and screen actress and producer with a career that spanned five decades. A pioneer in the US film industry, she co-founde ...
as Cedric Errol and his mother Mrs Errol
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Claude Gillingwater
Claude Benton Gillingwater (August 2, 1870 – November 1, 1939) was an American stage and screen actor. He first appeared on the stage then in more than 90 films between 1918 and 1939, including the Academy Award-nominated ''A Tale of Two ...
as Earl of Dorincourt
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Joseph J. Dowling
Joseph Johnson Dowling (September 4, 1850 – July 8, 1928) was an American stage and silent film actor.
Early life and career
Born in Pittsburgh, the son of James and Fredericka (''nee'' Edstrem) Dowling. His father was a native of Pennsy ...
as William Havisham
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James A. Marcus
James A. Marcus (January 21, 1867 – October 15, 1937) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1915 and 1937. He was born in New York City. On October 15, 1937, Marcus died in Hollywood, California from a myocardi ...
as Hobbs
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Kate Price as Mrs. McGinty
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Fred Malatesta
Fred Malatesta (April 18, 1889 – April 8, 1952) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1915 and 1941. He was born in Naples, Italy, and died in Burbank, California.
Selected filmography
* ''Sherlock Holme ...
as Dick
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Rose Dione
Claudine Rosalie Gras (1 January 1877 – 1 January 1936), professionally known as Rose Dione, was a French-American actress who appeared in numerous silent era and pre-code films.
She appeared in more than 60 films between 1910 and 1 ...
as Minna
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Arthur Thalasso
Arthur Thalasso (November 26, 1883 – February 13, 1954) was an American stage actor of vaudeville and musical comedy in the 1910s and, subsequently, a screen actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1919 and 1945. He was born the ...
as The Stranger
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Colin Kenny
James Colin Ramsey Kenny (born December 10, 1943) is a former Canadian Senator. A member of the Liberal Party, he was appointed to the Senate in 1984 by Pierre Trudeau to represent the Rideau region of Ontario.
On January 31, 2018 it was anno ...
as Bevis
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Emmett King
Emmett Carleton King (May 31, 1865 – April 21, 1953) was an American actor of the stage and screen.
Biography
King began his acting career on stage. His first Broadway appearance was in 1899, in the farce, ''The Father of His Country'', which ...
as Reverend Mr Mordaunt
A young
Milton Berle
Milton Berle (born Mendel Berlinger; ; July 12, 1908 – March 27, 2002) was an American actor and comedian. His career as an entertainer spanned over 80 years, first in silent films and on stage as a child actor, then in radio, movies and tel ...
appears in an uncredited role.
See also
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''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' (1936)
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''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' (1980)
References
External links
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''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' at SilentEra*
1921 films
1921 drama films
Silent American drama films
American silent feature films
American black-and-white films
Films based on American novels
Films based on British novels
Films based on works by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Films directed by Alfred E. Green
United Artists films
Films set in England
Films with screenplays by Bernard McConville
1920s English-language films
1920s American films
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