Daddy Long Legs

Based On the book by Jean Webster

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. 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.

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Release date:

1931

Director:

Alfred Santell

Cast:

Janet Gaynor, Warner Baxter, Una Merkel, Elizabeth Patterson, Claude Gillingwater

Genre:

Romantic comedy

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1931 in adaptations