Daddy Long Legs

Daddy Long Legs

1955 · 126 min · EN · NR · 6.4 (97 votes)
Dir. Jean Negulesco · Starring Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron, Terry Moore, Thelma Ritter, Fred Clark, Charlotte Austin · Music Cyril J. Mockridge
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. Several years later, he visits her at school, while still concealing his identity, and—despite their large age difference—they soon fall in love.

VIBE

A delightful, old-fashioned romance unfolds with vibrant song and dance. It's a charming tale of secret admiration and blossoming love, set against picturesque backdrops. Pure, feel-good escapism.

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paris, franceorphanagecollegemusicallovemillionairehidden identity