"Little Lord Fauntleroy" was produced in the late 1970s. It had its premiere on television in the United States on 25 November 1980 on CBS, and was then released in the United Kingdom in December 1980, The TV movie went on to embrace cult status.The story about the little American "Cedric" who manages to win his grumpy grandfather's heart has become a viewers' Christmas favorite all over the world.