Daddy-Long-Legs
May 11 1919
•1h 25m
•Drama, Comedy
Wealthy Jarvis Pendleton acts as benefactor for orphan Judy Abbott, anonymously sponsoring her in her boarding school. But as she grows up, he finds himself falling in love with her, and she with him, though she does not know that the man she has fallen for is her benefactor.
Cast
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Mary Pickford
Judy Abbott
Milla Davenport
Mrs. Lippett
Percy Haswell
Miss Pritchard (as Miss Percy Haswell)
Fay Lemport
Angelina
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