Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Christmas Movie Review: ****Little Lord Fauntleroy


I love this movie.  It is a made for TV film.  It ends with a Christmas feast, making it  Christmas movie.  Little Lord Fauntleroy is raised by an American mother, in humble circumstances.  It is when he is a bit older, and his brother and uncles have all passed away that he discovers he is a Lord, the son of an Earl.  His mother agrees to take him to England so he can take is rightful place, be educated.  However the earl does not want to invite the mother into his home.  She agrees only on the understanding that nobody tell her son why she lives in a separate cottage. 
The Earl has it in his heart to change the little lord, however things do not work out that way.  Little Lord Fontelroy is smarter than he looks.  He does good deeds and blames them on his grandfather.  Eventually this makes an impression on the tenants and people in the community.  It also has an effect on the Earl, and eventually his heart is melted. 
Alec Guinness stars as the earl and Ricky Schroder as Little Lord Fauntleroy.

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