Daddy Long Legs (1931)

Directed by

Alfred Santell

Genre

romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 20m

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An orphan girl catches the attention of a wealthy man who secretly sponsors her education. She does not know he is her benefactor, and they develop feelings for each other while she is courted by a younger man.

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What happens

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. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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