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Daddy-Long-Legs is a 1919 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Marshall Neilan, and based on Jean Webster's 1912 novel Daddy-Long-Legs. The film stars Mary Pickford.




Plot


A police officer finds a baby in a trash can, and Mrs. Lippett, the cruel matron at an orphanage where children are made to work, names her "Jerusha Abbott" (she picks "Abbott" out of a phone book and gets "Jerusha" from a tombstone). The orphan, who comes to be called Judy, does what she can to stand up for the younger children, frequently clashing with both Mrs. Lippett and the cold hearted trustees. At one point she leads a rebellion against being served prunes with every meal and at another, steals a doll from a selfish rich girl to lend to a dying orphan.
Years later, wealthy Jervis Pendleton, a mysterious benefactor, pays to send Judy, now the oldest and most talented child in the orphanage, to college. He insists, however, that Judy must never try to contact him in person. Judy calls him "Daddy-Long-Legs," and writes to him, however. Judy proves popular with her wealthier and more "aristocratic" classmates, and writes a successful book to repay "Daddy-Long-Legs" the money he spent on her. She is generally happy but misses not having any real family members to take pride in her accomplishments. Judy also finds herself caught up in a romantic triangle with the older brother of a classmate and an older man (who is, unknown to her, her mysterious benefactor). She eventually chooses the older suitor and is delighted to learn that he is her "Daddy-Long-Legs."




Cast


Mary Pickford as Jerusha "Judy" Abbott
Milla Davenport as Mrs. Lippett
Miss Percy Haswell as Miss Pritchard
Fay Lemport as Angelina Gwendolin Rosalind "Angie" Wykoff
Mahlon Hamilton as Mr.Jervis Pendleton
Lillian Langdon as Mrs. Pendleton
Betty Bouton as Julia "Julie" Pendleton
Audrey Chapman as Sallie "Sally" Mc Bride
Marshall A. Neilan as Jimmie Mc Bride
Carrie Clark Ward as Mrs. Semple
Wesley Barry as Orphan Boy (uncredited)
True Eames Boardman as Orphan Boy (uncredited)
Jeanne Carpenter (uncredited)
Estelle Evans (uncredited)
Fred Huntley (uncredited)
Frankie Lee (uncredited)
Joan Marsh (uncredited)




Critical review


The plot uses a series of episodes, some separated by time gaps, many humorous, that often pose opposites, like rich and poor or male and female, to advance the story. The treatment of the orphanage is modern and not sentimental, the hard life there is not funny. However, Judy is not an active agent in the story in that, while trying to make the best of her situation, things happen to her beyond her control.




References






External links


Media related to Daddy-Long-Legs (1919 film) at Wikimedia Commons
The full text of Daddy-Long-Legs (film) at Wikisource
Daddy-Long-Legs at IMDb
Daddy-Long-Legs at silentera.com
Daddy-Long-Legs synopsis at AllMovie
Daddy-Long-Legs is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

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• Lillian Langdon
• Wesley Barry
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• Daddy-Long-Legs (1919 film)
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• Daddy-Long-Legs (novel)
• Daddy Long Legs (1938 film)
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• Milla Davenport
• Fay Lemport
• Anokha Rishta
• Marshall Neilan
• List of American films of 1919