Daddy-Long-Legs
About Daddy-Long-Legs
Orphan Judy Abbott is sent to college by a man she has seen only as a long shadow. She writes to him as Daddy-Long-Legs. The benefactor, Jarvis Pendleton, reads the letters, comes to the college, and falls in love with her without saying who pays the bills. She falls for him too. He tells her at the end. Mary Pickford plays Judy.
Cast & crew
More about Daddy-Long-Legs
Marshall Neilan directed. Wikidata also lists Alfred E. Green. The script is from Jean Webster's 1912 novel. Charles Rosher photographed it. Pickford produced it. First National released it. It runs 85 minutes. Mahlon Hamilton, Milla Davenport, Percy Haswell, and Wesley Barry are billed.
Themes
Look
Charles Rosher photographed Pickford at the orphanage and at the college.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Neilan also appears in the cast list.
- Joan Marsh and Fred Huntley are billed.
- A copy is on Wikimedia Commons. An Internet Archive identifier on the catalog row belongs to Johanna Enlists, a different Pickford film.
Scenes
- Judy writes to the man she has seen only as a shadow.
- Pendleton visits the college and still does not say he is the one who pays.
Influenced by
- Jean Webster's Daddy-Long-Legs
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Daddy-Long-Legs)
