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Freddie Bartholomew
Cedric 'Ceddie' Erroll aka Lord Fauntleroy
Dolores Costello
'Dearest' Erroll
C. Aubrey Smith
Earl of Dorincourt
Guy Kibbee
Silas Hobbs
Henry Stephenson
Havisham
Mickey Rooney
Dick Tipton
Constance Collier
Lady Constantia Lorridaile
E. E. Clive
Sir Harry Lorridaile
Una O'Connor
Mary
Jackie Searl
Tom Tipton
Jessie Ralph
Applewoman
Ivan F. Simpson
Reverend Mordaunt
Helen Flint
Minna Tipton
Eric Alden
Ben Tipton
May Beatty
Mrs. Mellon
Virginia Field
Miss Herbert
Reginald Barlow
Newick
Lionel Belmore
Higgins
Tempe Pigott
Mrs. Dibble
Gilbert Emery
Purvis
Lawrence Grant
Lord Chief Justice
Walter Kingsford
Joshua Snade
Eily Malyon
Landlady
Fred Walton
Landlord
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Policeman
Elsa Buchanan
Susan
Peter Shaw
Party Guest (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Jun 19 2022

This is a splendid telling of Frances Hodgson Burnett's literal tale of rags to riches. Freddie Bartholomew is "Ceddie" who is living in Brooklyn with his mother "Dearest" (Dolores Costello) when he discovers that he is the heir to a great British Earldom. With the assistance of solicitor Henry Stephenson he travels to his new stately home to meet his austere old grandfather (C. Aubrey Smith), whose heart he completely melts... It's got a few twists and turns as he must deal with another claimant to his title, but that good will out is never in doubt. Batholomew is that rarest of child actors; ...