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Auction History Result 1z251 DADDY LONG LEGS insert '55 wonderful art of Fred Astaire in tux dancing with Leslie Caron! Date Sold 6/14/2012 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Insert Movie Poster (measures 14" x 36" [36 x 91 cm]) (Learn More) Daddy Long Legs, the 1955 Jean Negulesco romantic dance musical ("From the novel by Jean Webster"; "Ballets by Roland Petit"; about a middle aged millionaire who meets an 18 year old girl in an orphanage, and he is in love with her, but restrains himself and sends her to college, but after several years, they fall in love) starring Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron, Terry Moore, Thelma Ritter, Fred Clark, Charlotte Austin, Larry Keating, Kathryn Givney, Kelly Brown, and Ray Anthony and His Orchestra. Note that this movie was based on a play and novel by Jean Webster from 1912. It was made into a silent movie in 1919 starring Mary Pickford, and was remade as a sound film in 1931 with Janet Gaynor, and then was significantly altered so that Shirley Temple could play the lead in "Curly Top" in 1935, and then was remade as this movie. Obviously, it is extremely unlikely that this plot will ever be used again, because in today's world, a story about a middle aged man falling in love with an 18 year old that he "adopts" is very inappropriate! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: very good. There is an odd printing defect on this card, which is that the blank white areas have a "pink-ish" tint to them, rather than the usual white. This was something that was caused during the printing process, and which we have seen on several posters and lobby cards of this title and other titles of the mid-1950s, and most collectors do not consider it a significant defect since it only affects the blank white areas. Other than the printing defect, the poster is in pretty nice condition, with only a tear in the bottom left corner that was repaired with tape from the back. Learn More about condition grades 
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