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.

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Daddy Long Legs canonical 6
Daddy Long Legs (1955 film) 3
1955 film Daddy Long Legs 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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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Fred Astaire → notableWork → Daddy Long Legs ⓘ
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)
Leslie Caron → notableWork → Daddy Long Legs ⓘ
Jean Negulesco → directed → Daddy Long Legs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Daddy Long Legs (1955 film)
Terry Moore → notableWork → Daddy Long Legs ⓘ
Julie Andre → appearsIn → Daddy Long Legs ⓘ
Julie Andre → portrayedIn → Daddy Long Legs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Daddy Long Legs (1955 film)
Jervis Pendleton III → appearsIn → Daddy Long Legs ⓘ
Jervis Pendleton III → appearsIn → Daddy Long Legs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1955 film Daddy Long Legs
Jervis Pendleton III → createdFor → Daddy Long Legs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Daddy Long Legs (1955 film)
Caron → notableWork → Daddy Long Legs ⓘ
subject surface form: Leslie Caron