![]() Scenes that deal with this are often saddening, as Judy is an emotional and sympathetic protagonist watching her doubt whether to truly call people friends or even accept someone’s love, simply because of her secret, is downright tragic. It weighs on her to know that she is surrounded by the very rich people she once loathed and envied, so she lies about having a family and keeps the orphanage a secret. Judy is always haunted by the knowledge that she is different and, in a way, lesser than those around her. After all, if she lets people get close to her, then they might learn that she doesn’t belong. While she appears to be doing a good job at befriending these two, it always feels like she is keeping them at arm’s length. Sally is a plain, but smart, joyful, and caring person, whereas Julia is the spitting image of a spoiled rich girl. #2 Secretly an orphanĪs Judy starts her school career, she finds herself becoming roommates with Sally McBride and Julia Pendleton. In fact, My Daddy Long Legs is my favorite World Masterpiece Theater series, thanks in large part to its excellent source material. Like all World Masterpiece Theater shows, this is a lengthy anime that enjoys both stellar animation and quality directing. ![]() However, the identity of her benefactor will never be revealed and all letters addressed to her will be written and signed by his assistant. Judy will go to school and receive an allowance, but in return, she must write letters to the man to notify him of her progress. She is a young girl who lives a tedious life in an American orphanage, until one day a rich man decides to sponsor her education. This adaptation tells the amazing story of Judy Abbott. It was animated by Nippon Animation with Kazuyoshi Yokota, who was assistant director and did storyboards for other World Masterpiece Theater shows, in the directing chair. As the title implies, this one adapts Jean Webster’s novel Daddy-Long-Legs. Naah.My Daddy Long Legs is one of the later shows of the original run of the World Masterpiece Theater, a yearly project where classic books aimed at children would be adapted into long-running TV anime. Well, now that I've talked about drums, Korean flicks and spinners, maybe I should talk about the actual film. Yeah babay! Spin! SPIN!! Oh sorry, I got carried away there. But if it's any consolation, she does a lot of twirls, and each time she does it, we see her dress fly up. We rarely get any closeups of the stars, which is a crime considering how stunningly beautiful the leading lady Leslie Caron is. ![]() My only gripe with this film is that it didn't seem to get personal enough. Now that I've seen the original, I appreciate both films. I watched "Daddy Long Legs" mainly because I really enjoyed the 2005 Korean remake "Kidari ajeossi" (which is not a musical). But if they're any indication, I'm going to start hunting for more. I'm not really a Fred Astaire Fan in fact, "Daddy Long Legs" and "Carefree" are the only two films of his that I've seen. Innovative dance routines like these are what made Fred Astaire so great and what make his movies so entertaining. It's one of those overlooked gems like his golf routine in "Carefree" (1938) where he does a little tap whilst driving a few 300-yarders. Drum fans, you have GOT to check out the opening number where Fred sings and dances while playing the drums (and he's really playing, too). Neil Peart, John Bonham, and Fred Astaire. Still, that catastrophic experience told me that I should leave the drumkit to the pros.
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