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How terribly sad that during such a delightful and romantic film, Fred Astaire was mourning the death of his wife. "Daddy Long Legs" is a sweet film with an utterly charming performance, in words and dance, by Leslie Caron, and Astaire's usual high-class, debonair, energetic work. Thelma Ritter and Larry Keating give fantastic support, and in ...
In this musical, American millionaire Jervis Pendleton (Fred Astaire) becomes taken with an orphan named Julie (Leslie Caron) while vacationing in France. Determined to improve the quality of ...
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- Jean Negulesco
- Musical, Romance
- Fred Astaire
Sep 1, 2016 · Daddy Long Legs, made in 1955 for Twentieth Century-Fox, was shot in the “breathtaking” visual format of CinemaScope; which, with its “curved”-edgings and “flattened”-rectangular screen dimensions – a “2.55:1” screen aspect ratio for all you tech-heads out there – remains, even in this day of widescreen televisions ...
Daddy Long Legs: Directed by Jean Negulesco. With Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron, Terry Moore, Thelma Ritter. A wealthy American has a chance encounter with a joyful young French woman, and anonymously pays for her education.
- Jean Negulesco
- 2 min
"Daddy Long Legs" is a sweet film with an utterly charming performance, in words and dance, by Leslie Caron, and Astaire's usual high-class, debonair, energetic work. Thelma Ritter and Larry Keating give fantastic support, and in looking over the cast list, I see that a future dance partner of Astaire's, the wonderful Barrie Chase, is an ...
All Audience. Verified Audience. Andrew Sarris Film Culture. Daddy Long Legs whips together most of the audience-tested ingredients of the Hollywood musical. Full Review | Feb 3, 2021. Frank ...
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Daddy Long Legs - Metacritic. 1955. Approved. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. 2 h 6 m. Summary On a trip to France, millionaire Jervis Pendelton sees an 18 year old girl in an orphanage. Enchanted with her, but mindful of the difference in their ages, he sponsors her to college in New England. She writes him letters, which he doesn't read.
