Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936 film)

Little Lord Fauntleroy
Directed byJohn Cromwell
Screenplay byHugh Walpole
Based onLittle Lord Fauntleroy
1886 novel
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Produced byDavid O. Selznick
StarringFreddie Bartholomew
Dolores Costello
C. Aubrey Smith
CinematographyCharles Rosher
Edited byHal C. Kern
Music byMax Steiner
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • March 6, 1936 (1936-03-06) (United States)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$590,000[1]: 206 

Little Lord Fauntleroy is a 1936 American drama film based on the 1886 novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett. 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.[2]

The film was critically well received and is now in the public domain.[3] In 2012 it was released on Blu-ray Disc by Kino Lorber, following a restoration by the George Eastman House Motion Picture Department.

  1. ^ Thomson, David, Showman: The Life of David O. Selznick. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1992 ISBN 0-394-56833-8 hardcover
  2. ^ "Little Lord Fauntleroy". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  3. ^ Wright, Rebecca (June 14, 2012). "Blu-ray Review: Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)". Movie Gazette Online. Archived from the original on February 24, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2016.