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.
Plot Synopsis:
------------------- After the death of Cedric ('Ceddie')'s English father, he and his mother live together in Brooklyn. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, had disowned Cedric's father when he married an American, but when the Earl's remaining son dies, he accepts Cedric as Lord Fauntleroy, his heir, and the Earl sends for Cedric and his mother. Cedric uses the first of his newly found wealth to do some favors for his old friends, and then heads to England, where he must try to overcome the Earl's dislike for Cedric's mother.
Written byWritten by: Snow Leopard

The failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film.
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Russell Birdwell worked on publicity for the film and devised a canvas sign stretching two miles of Washington Blvd. in Los Angeles, from the studio, past MGM towards the ocean. There had never been such a large sign advertising anything before and the feat was reported in newspapers worldwide.
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This film was first telecast in Los Angeles Sunday 29 August 1948 on KTLA (Channel 5), in New York City Thursday 25 November 1948 on WCBS (Channel 2), in Baltimore Saturday 25 December 1948 on WMAR (Channel 2), in Atlanta Friday 4 February 1949 on WSB (Channel 8), in Dayton Wednesday 9 Febrary 1949 on WHIO (Channel 13), in Detroit Sunday 6 March 1949 on WWJ (Channel 4), in Cincinnati Sunday 4 September 1949 on WCPO (Channel 7), and in Detroit Monday 3 October 1949 on WXYZ (Channel 7).
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The first film produced within the newly incorporated Selznick International Pictures.
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Actress Dolores Costello is credited as Dolores Costello Barrymoore.
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When Ceddie writes the note telling the estate manager not to evict Mr. Higgins, Lord Dorincourt folds the letter and puts his eye monocle in. Just as he hands the note to Mr. Mordaunt, the shot changes to wide view and Lord Dorincourt no longer wears the eye monocle.
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Ceddie has an English accent.
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character name as title|bullying|dirt in mouth|best friend|biting an ankle|shoeshine boy|family dinner|handshake|engraved watch|cat|horse drawn carriage|mother son relationship|gout|great dane|soup|falling asleep on a floor|reference to the declaration of independence|monocle|singing in church|tomb|inscription|hymn singing|singing at a social gathering|yawn|woman laughing maniacally|father son reunion|scam|10th birthday|9th birthday|little lord fauntleroy character|pipe smoking|brooklyn new york city|inheritance|grandfather grandson relationship|

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