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Daddy Long Legs (1931)

 Starring Janet Gaynor, Warner Baxter, Una Merkel, John Arledge, Claude 
Gillingwater
Directed by Alfred Santell

Print: black/white
Runtime: 80 min.
Genre: comedy
Print Quality: B

Wealthy Jervis Pendleton acts as benefactor for orphan Judy Abbott, 
anonymously sponsoring her in her boarding school. But as she grows 
up, he finds himself falling in love with her, and she with him, though she 
does not know that the man she has fallen for is her benefactor.

Remake of the 1919 film of the same name. Remade as Curly Top (1935) 
and Daddy Long Legs (1955).



Curly Top (1935)

Starring Shirley Temple, Frank Morgan, John Boles, Robert Kent, Rochelle Hudson
Directed by Irving Cummings, William A. Seiter

Print: Black & White
Runtime: 154 min.
Genre: Family

How would America have ever gotten through the Depression without "Curly Top" Shirley Temple tapping and charming her way into our hearts? Here she's a plucky orphan who plays matchmaker for her big sister with a handsome millionaire. With John Boles, Rochelle Hudson, Arthur Treacher; songs include "Animal Crackers in My Soup," "When I Grow Up." Then, street performer "Dimples" Appleby (Shirley) is cared for by rapscallious grandfather Frank Morgan in turn-of-the-20th-century New York when a society matron offers to adopt her in this tuneful tearjerker. Songs include "Oh Mister Man up in the Moon," "Dixie-Anna"; Bill Robinson arranged the dancing. Includes both the original black-and-white and the newly colorized versions. 154 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English.

Daddy Long Legs (1955)

Starring Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron, Terry Moore, Thelma Ritter, Fred Clark
Directed by Jean Negulesco

Print: Color
Runtime: 126 min.
Genre: Musicals

Fred Astaire becomes both the benefactor and suitor of Leslie Caron in this charming story of a playboy who falls under the spell of a beautiful French orphan. While traveling through France, Jervis Pendleton lll (Astaire) anonymously sponsors an 18-year-old girl named Julie (Caron), whom he sends to college in America. Two years later they finally meet face to face and start to fall in love. But complications arise and their happiness is threatened when Jervis embarks on a noble yet misguided attempt to do "the right thing" about their age difference. Featuring imaginative production numbers and a Johnny Mercer score that includes the 1955 Oscar® -nominated hit for Best Song "Something's Gotta Give", Daddy Long Legs is a song-filled blend of dance and fantasy for romantics of all ages.