Announcing Freddie Bartholomew: An Informal Biography for Amazon’s Kindle. This 99¢ eBook is the first biography of the child star in any book form since a 1935 Big Little Book.
Captains Courageous (1937) Starring Freddie Bartholomew and Spencer Tracy
MGM Golden Age classic Captains Courageous is highlighted by a heavily modernized and modified adaptation of Kipling’s novel that provides opportunity for Spencer Tracy and Freddie Bartholomew to shine in the leading roles.
A Yank at Eton (1942) Starring Mickey Rooney with Freddie Bartholomew
All-American boy Mickey Rooney is plucked from his native shores and set loose at Eton where he quickly runs afoul of his British classmates. A Yank at Eton (1942) pairs Rooney with Freddie Bartholomew for the final time.
August 18 – Freddie Bartholomew TCM Summer Under the Stars
TCM Summer Under the Stars Freddie Bartholomew schedule. Plus an introduction to my newly revised 10,000 word Freddie Bartholomew biography.
Freddie Bartholomew Complete Biography of the 1930’s MGM Child Star
The most complete Freddie Bartholomew biography in existence. Now a single entry, over 10,000 words with bibliography about MGM’s popular child star of the 1930’s. What happened to the star of David Copperfield, Little Lord Fauntleroy and Captains Courageous after he grew up? It’s all here.
Freddie Bartholomew is Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)
A look at Selznick International’s faithful 1936 screen adaptation of Little Lord Fauntleroy starring Freddie Bartholomew and C. Aubrey Smith.
DVR Alert: TCM Airs 3 Starring Freddie Bartholomew for March 28 Birthday
TCM airs three Freddie Bartholomew favorites on the morning of Freddie’s March 28 birthday. Don’t miss: David Copperfield, The Devil Is a Sissy, Little Lord Fauntleroy. Celebrating Freddie’s legacy and his ever improving biography.
The Devil Is a Sissy (1936) Starring Freddie Bartholomew, Jackie Cooper, Mickey Rooney
A somewhat bizarre gem released by MGM in 1936 The Devil Is a Sissy features Freddie Bartholomew, Jackie Cooper and Mickey Rooney hitting their teens and finding trouble on the East Side.
The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger (1935)
A look at MGM’s 1935 production of the Charles Dickens classic David Copperfield starring Freddie Bartholomew and WC Fields. Includes notes and quotes from David O. Selznick and George Cukor about production and casting, a brief outline of the film and its many characters, the latter highlighted by a biography of of the obscure Lennox Pawle, who played Mr. Dick.
Acknowledging Some Recent Contributions
Thank you to Amit Benyovits for his additions to our 1930s Movie Star Premiums with Cream Colored Borders Photo ID Guide and to Peter Conole for his contributions to the Freddie Bartholomew biography including a good deal of details on Freddie’s ancestry and early pre-American career.