Daddy Long Legs

Daddy Long Legs

80 mins | Comedy, Romance | June 5, 1931

Wealthy Jervis Pendleton acts as benefactor for orphan Judy Abbott, anonymously sponsoring her in her boarding school. But as she grows up, he finds himself falling in love with her, and she with him, though she does not know that the man she has fallen for is her benefactor.

Daddy Long Legs

80 mins | Comedy, Romance | June 5, 1931

Daddy Long Legs
Wealthy Jervis Pendleton acts as benefactor for orphan Judy Abbott, anonymously sponsoring her in her boarding school. But as she grows up, he finds himself falling in love with her, and she with him, though she does not know that the man she has fallen for is her benefactor.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Fox Film Corporation
Original title Daddy Long Legs
Directors Alfred Santell
Writers Jean Webster, Alfred Santell, Sonya Levien, S. N. Behrman

Cast

Janet Gaynor

as Judy Abbott

Warner Baxter

as Jervis Pendleton

Una Merkel

as Sally McBride

John Arledge

as Jimmy McBride

Effie Ellsler

as Mrs. Semple

Kendall McComas

as Freddie Perkins

Kathlyn Williams

as Mrs. Paula Pendleton

Elizabeth Patterson

as Mrs. Lippett

Louise Closser Hale

as Miss Pritchard

Sheila Bromley

as Gloria

Billy Barty

as Billy - Orphan (uncredited)

Edith Fellows

as Orphan (uncredited)

Clarence Geldart

as / Minister at Commencement (uncredited)

Edwin Maxwell

as Wykoff (uncredited)

Steve Pendleton

as Sally's Beau (uncredited)

Martha Lee Sparks

as Katie (uncredited)