Wealthy Jervis 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.
If you have a soft spot for those old movies where everyone sounds like they are reciting poetry in a library, you should probably watch this. It is a sweet movie, mostly because of Janet Gaynor. But I’ll be honest, if you hate the 'older man adopts a girl then dates her' trope, you are going to have a bad time. It is ...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Alfred Santell
Maurice Elvey
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"If you have a soft spot for those old movies where everyone sounds like they are reciting poetry in a library, you should probably watch this. It is a sweet movie, mostly because of Janet Gaynor. But I’ll be honest, if you hate the 'older man adopts a girl then dates her' trope, you are going to have a bad time. It is a very 1930s kind of story. The movie starts in an orphanage that looks like the most miserable place on earth. The kids all look like they haven't seen a piece of fruit in three ..."
Louise Closser Hale
Sonya Levien, Jean Webster, S.N. Behrman, Alfred Santell
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