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Daddy Long Legs (1931) is a film about an orphan who is taken under the wing of a wealthy benefactor. The original story, written in 1912 by Jean Webster, took in the social aspects of the wealthy compared with the upbringing optained in an orphanage. Though suffering under a tough matron, Judy Abbott (Janet Gaynor) manages to adapt to her environment through intelligence and hard work. Wealthy Jervis Pendleton (Warner Baxter), who is the benefactor, finds that he can't help admiring his young charge, even though he can't let her know who he really is. A relationship develops between the two through Jervis' niece, who is Judy's room mate.