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DVD

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Daddy long legs

Call Number

  • DVD MUSICAL (CEN)

Languages

English, Spanish or French dialogue; optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

Performers

Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron, Terry Moore, Thelma Ritter, Fred Clark, Ray Anthony and His Orchestra.

Publication Information

Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2005]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

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.

Notes

Title from container.

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, Hollywood, New York and London premieres ; still photo gallery ; original theatrical trailers.

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