Little Lord Fauntleroy

TV Movie
1980
1h 43m

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Alec Guinness, Ricky Schroder, and Connie Booth in Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)

An American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with the cold and unsentimental Lord, who oversees the trust.An American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with the cold and unsentimental Lord, who oversees the trust.An American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with the cold and unsentimental Lord, who oversees the trust.

Director
- Jack Gold
Writers
- Blanche Hanalis
- Frances Hodgson Burnett
Stars

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7.4/10

5.4K

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Director
- Jack Gold
Writers
- Blanche Hanalis
- Frances Hodgson Burnett
Stars

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Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

Trivia
This movie has become a Christmas classic on German television and has been shown their broadcast network Das Erste almost annually, attracting millions of viewers every time.

Goofs
Towards the end, Mr Hobbs and Dick read Cedric's letter in New York, informing them of Minna's competing claim. Mr Hobbs shows Dick a newspaper article stating that the legitimate heir to Dorincourt had been found. The newspaper is dated January 24, 1872. This implies that the conversation between the two takes place after Christmas. In the following sequences, however, Mr Hobbs and the Tipton brothers travel to Dorincourt and spend Christmas there. Of course it is possible that the stay of the three at Dorincourt occurs over the next Christmas, but this would require almost a year to pass between Dick's discovery that Minna is a fraud and the revelation. This would be unlikely, given Havisham's and the Earl's urgency to resolve the matter.

Quotes
Earl of Dorincourt: Tell the lady that like all Americans she is exceedingly rude.
Mrs. Errol: Tell his Lordship it is obvious Americans do not have a monopoly on rudeness.
Earl of Dorincourt: Tell the lady she offends me.
Mrs. Errol: Tell his Lordship I certainly hope so.

Connections
Referenced in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Ricky Schroder/Sean Morey/Jeana Tomasino (1980)

Soundtracks
Oh, Dem Golden Slippers
(uncredited)
Traditional
Written by James Alan Bland (as James A. Bland)
[Ceddie dances at the ball]

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The perfect Xmas gift

I should hate "little lord" ,its reactionary side and its obsolete grating moral.But I have got to make amends :this is irresistible ,the perfect Xmas gift for the whole family.Tons of finer feelings ,an adorable little boy we side with all the time,a grumpy granddaddy,in the mold of Dickens' Scroodge ,wonderfully played by sir Alec Guiness. What could you ask for more?perhaps a child's soul but is there a grown up who has not kept it?If he hasn't I pity him.I also love the mother who refuses charity and who wants to earn her living .These stories of the young child who was actually a rich heir were frequent in the nineteenth century: "the little princess" or the French "Sans Famille"