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Daddy Long Legs (1931 film)

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Fox made French and Italian dubbed versions of the film and successfully sued a Dutch company for making a film based on the same material.
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Alfred Santell
Jean Webster
S.N. Behrman
Sonya Levien
Alfred Santell
Sol M. Wurtzel
Janet Gaynor
Warner Baxter
Una Merkel
John Arledge
Lucien N. Andriot
Ralph Dietrich
Hugo Friedhofer
Fox Film Corporation
pre-Code
Alfred Santell
Janet Gaynor
Warner Baxter
original story
Jean Webster
Janet Gaynor
Warner Baxter

Janet Gaynor
Janet Gaynor
Warner Baxter
Una Merkel
John Arledge
Claude Gillingwater

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