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Daddy long legs [videorecording] / Twentieth Century Fox presents a CinemaScope production ; produced by Samuel G. Engel ; directed by Jean Negulesco ; screenplay by Phoebe and Henry Ephron.

Astaire, Fred, (actor.). Caron, Leslie, (actor.). Ephron, Henry, 1912-1992 (screenwriter.). Ephron, Phoebe, 1914-1971 (screenwrier.). Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976 (composer,, lyricist.). Petit, Roland, 1924-2011 (choreographer.). Negulesco, Jean, (film director.). Engel, Samuel G., 1904-1984 (film producer.). Webster, Jean, 1876-1916 Daddy-Long-Legs. (Added Author). Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., (publisher.). Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, (production company.). Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron. (Cast).

Summary:

Millionaire playboy Jervis Pendleton III becomes enamored with a young woman living in a French orphanage, and decides to anonymously sponsor her college education in America. When they finally meet face-to-face two years later, romance blossoms but is complicated by Jervis's hesitance towards their age differences.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (126 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Widescreen.
  • Publisher: Beverly Hills, California : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2005]

Content descriptions

General Note:
From the novel by Jean Webster.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1955.
Special features: audio commentary by Ava Astaire McKenzie and film historian/author Ken Barnes with archival commentary by songwriter Johnny Mercer; Fox Movietone news footage of Hollywood, New York and London premieres; still photo gallery; trailers.
Title and credits from container.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Words and music by Johnny Mercer ; ballets by Roland Petit.
Participant or Performer Note:
Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron.
Target Audience Note:
Not rated by the MPAA.
System Details Note:
DVD; Dolby 4.0 surround in English; Dolby digital mono. in Spanish and French; region 1.
Language Note:
Soundtrack in English, Spanish or French; subtitles in English or Spanish ; closed-captioned.

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College students > United States > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Middle-aged men > United States > Drama.
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Orphans > France > Drama.
Young women > France > Drama.
Genre:
Feature films.
Musical films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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