- Daddy Long Legs (1931 film)
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Daddy Long Legs Directed by Alfred Santell Written by Novel:
Jean Webster
Screenplay:
S.N. Behrman
Sonya Levien
Alfred SantellStarring Janet Gaynor
Warner Baxter
Una Merkel
John ArledgeMusic by Hugo Friedhofer Cinematography Lucien N. Andriot Editing by Ralph Dietrich Studio Fox Film Corporation Release date(s) June 5, 1931 Running time 80 minutes Country United States Language English Daddy Long Legs (1931) is a film about an orphan who is taken under the wing of a wealthy benefactor. The original story, written in 1912 by Jean Webster, took in the social aspects of the wealthy compared with the upbringing optained in an orphanage. Though suffering under a tough matron, Judy Abbott (Janet Gaynor) manages to adapt to her environment through intelligence and hard work. Wealthy Jervis Pendleton (Warner Baxter), who is the benefactor, finds that he can't help admiring his young charge, even though he can't let her know who he really is. A relationship develops between the two through Jervis' niece, who is Judy's room mate.
Cast
- Janet Gaynor ... Judy Abbott
- Warner Baxter ... Jervis Pendleton
- Una Merkel ... Sally McBride
- John Arledge ... Jimmy McBride
- Claude Gillingwater ... Riggs (as Claude Gillingwater Sr.)
- Effie Ellsler ... Mrs. Semple
- Kendall McComas ... Freddie Perkins
- Kathlyn Williams ... Mrs. Pendleton
- Elizabeth Patterson ... Mrs. Lippett (matron)
- Louise Closser Hale ... Miss Pritchard
- Sheila Bromley ... Gloria (as Sheila Mannors)
- Billy Barty ... Orphan (uncredited)
- Edith Fellows ... Orphan (uncredited)
- Clarence Geldart ... Minister at Commencement (uncredited)
- Edwin Maxwell ... Wykoff (uncredited)
- Steve Pendleton ... Sally's Beau (uncredited)
- Martha Lee Sparks ... Katie (uncredited)
See also
Other versions of the Jean Webster novel:
- Daddy-Long-Legs (1919 film), with Mary Pickford
- Curly Top (film), 1935 film with Shirley Temple based on the novel
- Daddy Long Legs (1938 film), Dutch film
- Daddy Long Legs (1955 film), with Leslie Caron
- My Daddy Long Legs (1990) Japanese anime TV series
- Daddy-Long-Legs (2005 film), Korean film
External links
Categories:- American films
- English-language films
- 1930s romantic comedy films
- 1931 films
- 20th Century Fox films
- Black-and-white films
- Films about orphans
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