Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936 film)

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Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936 film) is a black-and-white drama based on Frances Hodgson Burnett’s novel, following a young American boy who unexpectedly inherits an English earldom and must bridge the gap between his humble upbringing and aristocratic life.

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instanceOf film
adaptationOf Victorian children’s novel
authorOfSourceWork Frances Hodgson Burnett
basedOn Little Lord Fauntleroy (novel)
blackAndWhite true
cinematographer Charles Rosher
conflictType social and familial conflict
countryOfOrigin United States
director John Cromwell
distributor United Artists
editor Hal C. Kern
era Golden Age of Hollywood
format black-and-white
genre drama
hasAdaptationSourceGenre children’s literature
inheritanceType earldom
language English
literarySourcePublicationLanguage English
mainCharacter Cedric Errol
Dearest Errol
Earl of Dorincourt
medium feature film
musicBy Max Steiner
narrativeArc rags-to-riches inheritance story
narrativeFocus a boy bridging American and British cultures
plotSummary A young American boy unexpectedly inherits an English earldom and must reconcile his humble upbringing with aristocratic life.
producer David O. Selznick
productionCompany Selznick International Pictures
protagonistOrigin American
releaseYear 1936
screenwriter Hugh Walpole
Lenore J. Coffee
setIn England
United States
settingContext English aristocracy
targetAudience general audience
theme class differences
family
identity
timePeriodOfSetting late 19th century
titleCharacter Little Lord Fauntleroy

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