Product Details

• Actors: Freddie Bartholomew, Dolores Costello, C. Aubrey Smith, Guy Kibbee, Henry Stephenson
• Directors: John Cromwell
• Writers: Frances Hodgson Burnett, Hugh Walpole
• Producers: David O. Selznick
• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
• VHS Release Date: July 14, 1998
• Run Time: 98 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 630504645X
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #22,843 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

Customer Reviews

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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Film! HORRIBLE DVD transfer!, January 5, 2005

By	Liza "Duchess Darcy" (CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) (B&W) (DVD)

I have the film on VHS and DVD. I only bought the DVD version because I thought it would be cleaned up. What a waste of money! The overall look is more grainy than the VHS tape and the missing scenes? Several scenes are missing or have been severely edited. Stay with the VHS tape until they can redo the DVD.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Original story comes alive, November 2, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Little Lord Fauntleroy (DVD)

If you want to accurately compare the 1936 movie and the 1980 TV version of Little Lord Fauntleroy, I suggest you first read the story written by Francis Hodgson Burnett. The casting, characterization and dialogue in the 1936 movie is outstanding and is almost an exact visualization of the original story as written by Burnett. The strong point for the 1980 TV version is of course Alec Guiness. Unfortunately in the 1980 version "Dearest" is portrayed more or less as a feminist and Schroeder as Fauntleroy is - well too cute. Visual appealing, it is but another example of modern screen writers believing they can write the story better than the original author. If you have to choose, pick the 1936 new DVD version. You will not be disappointed.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DVD version is magnificent and seems complete, February 28, 2006

By	Julia Gwin (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) (B&W) (DVD)

First reading the reviews for this product, I chose the VHS version believing the transfer would be better and the VHS would contain scenes not available in the DVD version. The VHS arrived without audio, so I returned it and decided to purchase the DVD-- even though reviewers said the DVD version was edited and transferred unsatisfactorily.

When the DVD came, I was most pleased with the transfer. The picture is very clean and crisp and the audio portion is so superior that I am able to hear dialogue clearly which I had missed previously. Missing scenes? No. In fact, there are some small scenes in the DVD version which I had not seen before in the other versions I have viewed (for example, the dining room table scene with Ceddie and the Earl of Dorincourt).

All this aside, I love this movie for its portrayal of the redeeming power of love. My children benefit from watching it because Lord Fauntleroy is a powerful example of courage, respect and virtue. I have often wondered what it would be like to have a child without sin (only Jesus qualifies), but "Ceddie" as Little Lord Fauntleroy is perhaps the closest approximation to come from earthly minds. His mother, also, is a woman of admirable strength, wisdom and grace. Most inspiring.

I have no reservations recommending this film in DVD format.