1956 Writers Guild of America: Nominated: WGA Award (Screen) for Best Written American Musical for Henry Ephron and Phoebe Ephron.įILM FACT No.2: ‘DADDY LONG LEGS’ was Fred Astaire's first and only film musical at 20th Century Fox. Nominated: Best Music and Original Song for Johnny Mercer for the song "Something's Gotta Give." Nominated: Best Music and Scoring of a Musical Picture for Alfred Newman. Her nickname for him, `Daddy Long Legs,' is taken from the description of him given to Julie Andre by some of her fellow orphans who see his shadow as he leaves their building.įILM FACT No.1: Awards and Nominations: 1956 Academy Awards®: Nominated: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration in Color for John DeCuir, Lyle R. She writes letters to her mysterious benefactor regularly, but he never writes back. He anonymously pays for her education at a New England college. Wealthy American Jervis Pendleton III has a chance encounter at a French orphanage with a cheerful 18-year-old resident, Julie Andre.
The screenplay was written by Phoebe Ephron and Henry Ephron, and loosely based on the 1912 novel "Daddy-Long-Legs" by Jean Webster. The film was directed by Jean Negulesco, and stars Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron, Terry Moore, Fred Clark, and Thelma Ritter, with music and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. ‘DADDY LONG LEGS’ is a Hollywood musical comedy film set in France, New York City, and the fictional college town of "Walston" in Massachusetts. Glorious Technicolor, Breathtaking CinemaScope, and Stereophonic Sound!
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