Daddy Long Legs
by Jean Negulesco
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Actor: Fred Astaire, Fred Clark, Leslie Caron, Terry Moore, Thelma RitterDirector: Jean Negulesco
Brand: Fox
Cinematographer: Leon Shamroy
Editor: William Reynolds
Producer: Samuel G. Engel
Writer: Henry Ephron
Writer: Jean Webster
Writer: Phoebe Ephron
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 4.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 4.0; English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 4.0; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 1.0; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.55:1
Running Time: 126 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-02-21
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of Daddy Long Legs
Movie Review: Great 20th Century Fox Musical
Summary: 5 Stars
Rather than repeat the many attributes of this film, it is interesting to note that Fred Astaire initially did not want to make this film.
His wife died of cancer prior to the start of production, and it has been documented that he actually offered 20th Century Fox to pay their production costs to bow out of the film due to his grief. However, his family and colleagues talked him into doing it as part of overcoming his sorrow. The only time you note any type of hurt on his face is during his brief "walk on" during the "Rio" number. Otherwise, it shows nowhere else in the film. He was such a class act and professional.
From the wonderful Leslie Caron and the excellent supporting cast, it is a charming story of the 1950's and should be taken as that. In today's cynical world, people would intrepret Jervis Pennelton's motives as something more sinister, but back then it could be taken as a romantic story. Actually, Jervis was such a likeable person, especially with his encounters with the U.S. Ambassador, Griggs, and the college students at the "Sluefoot" dance. Manners meant something back then, and Fred always showed this in the way he acted. How many celebrities do you see today act that way?
The set designs, photography, and that beautiful black Cadillac shown in the beginning of the film show a classy sense of style that taken over 50 years later, show how movies have changed.
For great movie music, Johnny Mercer demonstrated some absolutely wonderful pieces that still sound great today. The excellent playing of the Fox orchestra by Alfred Newman, Leon Shamroy's superb cinematography, and the print used for the DVD were the best I have seen the move in years. I own the laserdisc version, and even then, the DVD is fantastic.
The only criticism I have is not with the movie, but rather the loud, obnoxious disclaimer at the beginning of the DVD about piracy. The people who watch this movie are not some punk kids or pirates making bootleg copies and have to be reminded that it is stealing. I own several of the Marilyn Monroe series and Fox does not put that blaring message on those DVDs. Turner/Warner DVDs for example, put the FBI message at the front with NO SOUND, and they make the point. Also, the Deluxe Credit for DVD mastering at the end is similar. Apparently, they record the levels of the both the piracy notice and Deluxe Labs at a sound level of 10dB louder than the movie. The first time I watched it, I thought I was going to blow out my speakers.
Otherwise, Fox did an excellent job on this DVD. The commentary with Ava Astaire, Ken Barnes, and archival interview with Johnny Mercer is worth the price of the DVD alone. All together, a must have in any collection of classic musicals. The digital audio is absolutely superb in either a two channel or 5:1 Home Theater. A must own DVD.
Summary of Daddy Long Legs
Fred Astaire becomes both the benefactor and suitor of Leslie Caron in this charming story of a playboy who falls under the spell of a beautiful French orphan. While traveling through France, Jervis Pendleton lll (Astaire) anonymously sponsors an 18-year-old girl named Julie (Caron), whom he sends to college in America. Two years later they finally meet face to face and start to fall in love. But complications arise and their happiness is threatened when Jervis embarks on a noble yet misguided attempt to do "the right thing" about their age difference. Featuring imaginative production numbers and a Johnny Mercer score that includes the 1955 Oscar® -nominated hit for Best Song "Something's Gotta Give", Daddy Long Legs is a song-filled blend of dance and fantasy for romantics of all ages.Similar DVD Movies
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