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Mahlon Hamilton, Marshall Neilan, Mary Pickford

In Daddy-Long-Legs, Mary Pickford plays an orphan, Jerusha (Judy) Abbott, abandoned as a baby in an alley and raised in a cruel orphanage. The scenes in the orphanage are extraordinary. Pickfor...( read more  read more... )d, although in her late '20s when the film was shot, is absolutely believable as a pigtailed 12-year-old; she's the epitome of a child-woman, the essence of gamine. Protector and champion of her fellow orphans--truly adorable kiddies dressed in identical gingham outfits--Pickford's Judy is brave and kind but full of piss and vinegar, never sticky-sweet. One scene in particular is a showcase for Pickford's mastery of physical comedy. She and an orphan lad, played by Wesley Barry, a little boy whose slapstick flair matches Pickford's own, get drunk on applejack. It's plain hilarious.

After Judy grows up, a secret benefactor, whom she dubs "Daddy-Long Legs," bankrolls her college education. At graduation, Judy is the model of young womanhood: beautiful, intelligent, kind, and fascinating to the opposite sex. Two tony suitors vie for her favors. (The characteristic Pickford message, reflecting her own life story, is implied here: in America, one can hail from an ashcan and still rise to the top.) The film preserves its sweet surprise ending until the last happy moment. (The movie was remade in 1955 with Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron.) The tape also includes a rare early Pickford short, What the Daisy Said (1910), directed by D.W. Griffith, with a racy plot about a Gypsy who seduces young country maidens. --Laura Mirsky

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Unrated, 98 min.

Directed by: Marshall Neilan

Release Date: May 11, 1919

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DVD Release Date: November 23, 1999

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  • MECreviews
    March 21, 2008
    MECreviews
    I did not really like this movie.
  • hugonar
    November 2, 2007
    hugonar
    Classified as a classic = Interested.
  • corrieault
    October 2, 2007
    corrieault
    good book. Curious about movie
  • heislife7
    August 28, 2007
    heislife7
    This was my first Fred Astaire movie I remember seeing. It was this movie that I fell in love with Fred and his dancing.
  • jeannie2praise
    May 14, 2007
    jeannie2praise
    Excellent; but the book is better
  • Stackalee2003
    April 16, 2007
    Stackalee2003
    Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron, top dancing good love story
  • CloudIsAMonkey
    January 26, 2007
    CloudIsAMonkey
    So... like Annie?

    Except it's Daddy-Long-legs instead of Daddy Warbucks.
  • SarahJoyFrost
    December 5, 2006
    SarahJoyFrost
    I wonder what this is about, i think ill see it!

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