List of the best Freddie Bartholomew movies: Lord Jeff(1938), The Town Went Wild(1944), Little Lord Fauntleroy(1936), Captains Courageous(1937), David Copperfield(1935), Listen, Darling(1938), Swiss Family Robinson(1940), Lloyd's of London(1936), A Yank at Eton(1942), St. Benny the Dip(1951) ... ...
Drama
USA
1938
86 Minutes
Geoffrey Braemer
Freddie Bartholomew Mickey Rooney Charles Coburn Herbert Mundin Terry Kilburn Gale Sondergaard Peter Lawford Walter Tetley Peter Ellis George Zucco Matthew Boulton
delinquent thief headmaster wife schoolboy friend cheeky confident london jewelry shop boys school woods ship party reform orphanage trust loyalty friendship crime
A spoiled orphan, raised by a couple of con artists, gets sent to a mercantile marine vocational school for orphaned boys, where he learns about friendship and ethics, and uncovers a new future.
Comedy
USA
1944
77 Minutes
David Conway
Feuding fathers deal with the shocking news that their sons were switched at birth, meaning that one of their daughters is about to marry her own brother.
Comedy, Drama
1936
98 Minutes
Freddie Bartholomew C. Aubrey Smith Dolores Costello Guy Kibbee Mickey Rooney Jessie Ralph
heir earl mother lawyer impostor tender charming emotional brooklyn, n.y. england courtroom inheritance mother/child relationship trial transformation rise underdog 1880s
An 1880s Brooklyn boy (Freddie Bartholomew) is summoned to England by his grandfather (C. Aubrey Smith) and raised as a lord.
Adventure
USA
1937
117 Minutes
Harvey Cheyne
Spencer Tracy Freddie Bartholomew Lionel Barrymore Melvyn Douglas Charley Grapewin Mickey Rooney John Carradine Oscar O'Shea Jack LaRue Walter Kingsford Sam McDaniel
young boy father fisherman captain friend sailor heartwarming uplifting ship boarding school gloucester, mass. ocean liner troubled youth accident sailors father/son relationship growing up transformation 1890s
A spoiled brat who falls overboard from a steamship gets picked up by a fishing boat, where he's made to earn his keep by joining the crew in their work.
Drama
USA
1935
130 Minutes
David Copperfield as a child
W.C. Fields Freddie Bartholomew Basil Rathbone Lionel Barrymore Maureen O'Sullivan Madge Evans Edna May Oliver Lewis Stone Elizabeth Allan Roland Young Elsa Lanchester
young boy stepfather father ingénue blackmailer aunt melodramatic london family home office wealth family child abuse blackmail love triangle growing up rescue love 19th century
A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1938
72 Minutes
Judy Garland Freddie Bartholomew Mary Astor Walter Pidgeon Alan Hale Scotty Beckett Barnett Parker Gene Lockhart Charley Grapewin
widow lawyer young boy sister uncle banker amusing charming small town trailer camp gas station marriage of convenience road trip kidnapping matchmaking camping family love quest
To stop Pinkie's mother Dottie from marrying a man they know she does not love, Pinkie and her friend Buzz kidnap her in the family trailer to live a life on the open road without worries ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1940
92 Minutes
Jack Robinson
Thomas Mitchell Edna Best Freddie Bartholomew Terry Kilburn Tim Holt Baby Bobby Quillan Christian Rub John Wray Herbert Rawlinson
mother father son brother sailor heartwarming london ship deserted island family home stranded survival family shipwreck isolation adventure quest 1810s
A family setting out for a new life across the sea is shipwrecked on a deserted island. The family members collaborate to create a home for themselves in the jungle environment.
Drama
1936
115 Minutes
Young Jonathan Blake
Tyrone Power Madeleine Carroll Freddie Bartholomew Guy Standing C. Aubrey Smith Virginia Field Douglas Scott George Sanders
lord aristocratic lady barmaid insurance broker aristocrat brash charming patriotic england flanders napoleonic wars battle of trafalgar georgian england shipping insurance adventure love rise rivalry 1800s
A London messenger boy (Freddie Bartholomew) becomes an underwriter (Tyrone Power) of British ships during the Napoleonic Wars.
Comedy, Drama
1942
88 Minutes
Peter Carlton
Mickey Rooney Edmund Gwenn Ian Hunter Freddie Bartholomew Marta Linden Juanita Quigley Alan Mowbray Peter Lawford Raymond Severn
teenager sister mother stepfather stepbrother girlfriend spirited amusing england eton college london estate field racetrack americans abroad college athletics family false accusations jealousy education
A rowdy American boy's (Mickey Rooney) British stepfather (Ian Hunter) puts him in a stuffy prep school.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1951
80 Minutes
Reverend Wilbur
Dick Haymes Nina Foch Roland Young Lionel Stander Freddie Bartholomew Oscar Karlweis Dort Clark Will Lee Verne Colette Richard Gordon
con artist con man priest police officers cheeky confident crafty creative lighthearted mission room new york united states escape police pursuit mistaken identity hide escape growing up rise
A gang of con artists disguise themselves as clerics in order to pull off a job, but soon find that even pretending to be religious people is having an effect on them.