The read
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
An American boy turns out to be the heir of a wealthy British earl. He is sent to live with the irritable and unsentimental aristocrat, his grandfather.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
62 audience votes
Key crew
- John CromwellDirector
- Hugh WalpoleScreenplay
- Max SteinerOriginal Music Composer
- Hugh WalpoleWriter
Cast
- Freddie BartholomewCedric 'Ceddie' Erroll aka Lord Fauntleroy
- Dolores Costello'Dearest' Erroll
- C. Aubrey SmithEarl of Dorincourt
- Guy KibbeeSilas Hobbs
- Henry StephensonHavisham
- Mickey RooneyDick Tipton
- Constance CollierLady Constantia Lorridaile
- E. E. CliveSir Harry Lorridaile
- Una O'ConnorMary
- Jackie SearlTom Tipton
- Jessie RalphApplewoman
- Ivan F. SimpsonReverend Mordaunt
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Themes
based on novel or bookenglandgrandparent grandchild relationshipgrocerlordbrooklyn, new york cityheirscam artistearlshoeshine boy19th centuryaristocracy