Wealthy American, Jervis Pendleton has a chance encounter at a French orphanage with a cheerful 18-year-old resident, and anonymously pays for her education at a New England college. She writes letters to her mysterious benefactor regularly, but he never writes back. Several years later, he visits her at school, while still concealing his identity, and—despite their large age difference—they soon fall in love.
Daddy Long Legs
Overview
Wealthy American, Jervis Pendleton has a chance encounter at a French orphanage with a cheerful 18-year-old resident, and anonymously pays for her education at a New England college. She writes letters to her mysterious benefactor regularly, but he never writes back. Several years later, he visits her at school, while still concealing his identity, and—despite their large age difference—they soon fall in love.
Director
Jean Negulesco
Status
Released
Production
20th Century Fox
Cast
Fred Astaire
Jervis Pendleton III
Leslie Caron
Julie Andre
Terry Moore
Linda Pendleton
Thelma Ritter
Alicia Pritchard
Fred Clark
Griggs
Charlotte Austin
Sally McBride
Larry Keating
Ambassador Alexander Williamson
Kathryn Givney
Gertrude Pendleton
Kelly Brown
Jimmy McBride
Ray Anthony
Himself
Gertrude Astor
Art Gallery Patron (uncredited)
Barrie Chase
Blonde dancer (in "International Playboy") (uncredited)
James Cromwell
Extra (uncredited)
Lisa Montell
College Girl (uncredited)
Leslie Parrish
College Girl (uncredited)
Pat Sheehan
College Girl (uncredited)
Sara Shane
Pat
Evelyn Rudie
Codene, Orphan Girl
Liliane Montevecchi
College Girl
Diane Jergens
College Girl
Ann Codee
Madame Sevanne
Kenner G. Kemp
Airport Passenger
Forbes Murray
Art Gallery Patron
William H. O'Brien
Hotel Waiter
Bert Stevens
Graduation Attendee
Suzanne Alexander
College Girl
Helen Van Tuyl
College Dean
Jean Moorhead
College Girl (uncredited)
Numa Lapeyre
Jean (uncredited)
Marco López
Extra (uncredited)
Joi Lansing
Blonde
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