Cinematic background from Daddy Long Legs 1955 - Wealthy American, Jervis Pendleton has a chance encounter at a French orphanage with a cheerful 18-year-old resident, and anonymously pays for her education at a New England college. She writes letters to her mysterious benefactor regularly, but he never writes back. Several years later, he visits her at school, while still concealing his identity, and—despite their large age difference—they soon fall in love.

Daddy Long Legs

1955

Musical, Romance

Directors:
Jean Negulesco
Writers:
Jean Webster, Henry Ephron, Phoebe Ephron
Official poster of Daddy Long Legs 1955 directed by Jean Negulesco