Daddy Long Legs (1955)
1955 · NR · 2h 6m · Romance
Genres: Romance
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.
Director: Jean Negulesco
Writers: Jean Webster, Phoebe Ephron, Henry Ephron
Music by: Cyril J. Mockridge, Alfred Newman
Cinematography: Leon Shamroy
Editor: William Reynolds
Rated 6.4/10 by 95 viewers
Cast
Fred Astaire as Jervis Pendleton IIILeslie Caron as Julie AndreTerry Moore as Linda PendletonThelma Ritter as Alicia PritchardFred Clark as GriggsCharlotte Austin as Sally McBrideLarry Keating as Alexander WilliamsonKathryn Givney as Gertrude PendletonKelly Brown as Jimmy McBrideRay Anthony as Ray AnthonyGertrude Astor as Art Gallery Patron (uncredited)Barrie Chase as Blonde Dancer (uncredited)More like this
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