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Daddy Long Legs (1931 film)

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'Daddy Long Legs' (1931) is an American pre-Code film directed by Alfred Santell and starring Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter. The story involves an orphan who is taken under the wing of a wealthy benefactor.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021775 'Daddy Long Legs' (1931)], imdb.com; accessed July 23, 2015.

The original story, written in 1912 by Jean Webster, compared the childhood of the wealthy to that of orphanage children. Although suffering under a tough matron, Judy Abbott (Janet Gaynor) manages to cope and help the other orphans through intelligence and hard work, and the wealthy Jervis Pendleton (Warner Baxter), who is the benefactor, can't help admiring his young charge. Yet, she doesn't know it's he who is sponsoring her schooling, even when they meet, through Jervis' niece, who is Judy's roommate, and the girl, who was once alone, has to choose between their growing affection and a younger suitor.[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/72082/Daddy-Long-Legs/full-synopsis.html 'Daddy Long Legs' (1931 film)], tcm.com; accessed July 23, 2015.



Cast



*Janet Gaynor as Judy Abbott

*Warner Baxter as Jervis Pendleton

*Una Merkel as Sally McBride

*John Arledge as Jimmy McBride

*Claude Gillingwater as Riggs

*Effie Ellsler as Mrs. Semple

*Kendall McComas as Freddie Perkins

*Kathlyn Williams as Mrs. Pendleton

*Elizabeth Patterson as Mrs. Lippett, the matron

*Louise Closser Hale as Miss Pritchard

*Sheila Bromley as Gloria

*Billy Barty as Orphan

*Edith Fellows as Orphan

*Clarence Geldart as Minister at Commencement

*Edwin Maxwell as Wykoff

*Steve Pendleton as Sally's Beau

Production



Janet Gaynor had won the first Academy Award for Best Actress in 1928 and Warner Baxter had won the second Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the Cisco Kid in 'In Old Arizona' by the time 'Daddy Long Legs' was released. The screenplay was based on the stage play 'Daddy Long-Legs' by Jean Webster.

Fox made French and Italian dubbed versions of the film and successfully sued a Dutch company for making a film based on the same material.[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/72082/Daddy-Long-Legs/notes.html 'Daddy-Long-Legs' (1931 film)], tcm.com; accessed July 23, 2015.

References



Category:1931 romantic comedy films

Category:1931 films

Category:Fox Film films

Category:American black-and-white films

Category:Films directed by Alfred Santell

Category:Films about orphans

Category:Films with screenplays by Sonya Levien

Category:American romantic comedy films

Category:1930s English-language films

Category:1930s American films

Category:Silent romantic comedy films


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