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Little Lord Fauntleroy
Little Lord Fauntleroy
	Lobby card for the film
Directed by	Alfred E. Green; Jack Pickford
Written by	Bernard McConville
Based on	Little Lord Fauntleroy; 1886 novel; by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Produced by	Mary Pickford
Starring	Mary Pickford
Cinematography	Charles Rosher
Music by	Gaylord Carter; Louis F. Gottschalk
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	September 15, 1921;
Running time	112 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent; English intertitles
Box office	$900,000 (USA)

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Little Lord Fauntleroy is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and Jack Pickford and starring the latter's elder sister Mary Pickford as both Cedric Errol and Widow Errol. The film is based on the 1886 novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett.^[2] A statue depicting Pickford's role exists today on the facade of New York City's landmarked I. Miller Building.^[3]

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.

A young Milton Berle appears in an uncredited role.

^ Balio, Tino (2009). United Artists: The Company Built By Stars. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-23004-3. p42
^ "Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921)". IMDb. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
^ "In Times Square, a New Landmark: I. Miller Building, With 4 Calder Sculptures; There's No Business Like Shoe Business". New York Times. July 4, 1999. Retrieved January 29, 2014. And the winners were: for opera, Rosa Ponselle in the title role of Norma; for movies, Mary Pickford in the title role of Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921); for musical comedy, Marilyn Miller in the title role of Sunny (1925) and for drama, Ethel Barrymore as Ophelia, a non-title role.