Daddy Long Legs

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musical film romantic musical film

"Daddy Long Legs" is a 1955 musical film starring Fred Astaire as a wealthy American who becomes the secret benefactor of a French orphan, blending romance, dance, and song.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form As subject As object
Daddy Long Legs (1955 film) 46 0
Daddy-Long-Legs (1912 novel) 0 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical film →
romantic musical film →
basedOn Daddy Long Legs self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Daddy-Long-Legs (1912 novel)
basedOnAuthor Jean Webster →
character Jervis Pendleton III →
Julie Andre →
cinematographyBy Leon Shamroy →
colorProcess DeLuxe Color →
countryOfOrigin United States of America →
surface form: United States
director Jean Negulesco →
distributedBy 20th Century Fox →
editedBy William H. Reynolds →
era 1950s American musical cinema →
featuresOrphanProtagonist yes →
filmFormat CinemaScope →
genre musical →
romance film →
hasDanceSequences yes →
leadActorRole Fred Astaire →
surface form: Fred Astaire as Jervis Pendleton III
leadActressRole Leslie Caron →
surface form: Leslie Caron as Julie Andre
leadChoreographyBy Fred Astaire →
musicBy Alex North →
Johnny Mercer →
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Song →
nominatedSong Something's Gotta Give →
originalLanguage English →
plotSummary A wealthy American becomes the secret benefactor of a French orphan and later falls in love with her. →
producer Samuel G. Engel NERFINISHED →
productionCompany 20th Century Fox →
releaseDate 1955-05-04 →
releaseYear 1955 →
runtimeMinutes 126 →
screenwriter Henry Ephron →
Johnny Mercer →
Phoebe Ephron →
setIn France →
New York City →
songwriterOfNominatedSong Johnny Mercer →
starring Fred Astaire →
Leslie Caron →
Terry Moore →
Thelma Ritter →
studioLotFilming 20th Century Fox →
surface form: 20th Century Fox Studios
theme class differences →
philanthropy →
romance →

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Daddy Long Legs → basedOn → Daddy Long Legs self-linksurface differs →
subject surface form: Daddy Long Legs (1955 film)
this entity surface form: Daddy-Long-Legs (1912 novel)
Fred Astaire → notableWork → Daddy Long Legs →
Leslie Caron → notableWork → Daddy Long Legs →