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Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Let me say to begin with that I really like both Leslie Caron and Fred Astaire. That however is really where it ends too as the story doesn't work. I have read the other reviews that he was 55 and she 24 but in the film She is 18, however old he is, and he is using his money to manipulate her. Yes I get that it's a light hearted film but wait, what if it were your daughter? My second question is - why America? why not send her to Paris to study - instead she diminishes her own style and personality by going to a US college. I couldn't see the reasoning behind the film, apart from old man meets girl, and I'm sad that two great talents - not to mention all the worthy supporting players - were wasted in this. Enough to make you sleep? Afraid I did, and missed a small part of it. No regrets there.

In Feb. 2013 TCM showed an excellent transfer of the film, full Cinemascope aspect ratio, relatively sharp image, better color than what I remember from viewings years ago. The full vibrant color in the dream dance sequences especially added to my enjoyment of the film; really noticed the wonderful set design/artwork. The color schemes in Caron's dream ballet seemed to predict those common in the psychedelic 1960's.A couple of people here say Fred Astaire's wife died during filming; I'm fairly sure that is incorrect. She died in 1953, I believe, while he was filming The Bandwagon at MGM. I remember reading that Arthur Freed walked with the grieving Astaire to calm him down when he got the news. Also it's doubtful that DLL would have been filmed in 1953 and release held up til 1955. And the reason Astaire was not in White Christmas (he was to have had the part played by Danny Kaye), filmed and released in 1954, was because he was still grieving from his wife's death in 1953.I'm sure some will disagree, but I carefully watched Caron dancing with Astaire, and saw that she was one of his weaker partners. Ballroom and tap were not her usual style and she lacks the facility and panash of Rogers, Charisse, Hayworth. I've never been impressed with Caron's dancing anyway, but she was a very talented actress, both comic and dramatic, and was always charming on screen. And Astaire is so good in their partner dances that you have to really pay attention to see she is not anywhere near his caliber in that sort of dancing.

In the mid 1950s, Astaire inexplicably turned into Cary Grant, romancing women less than half his age in this film and his next, "Funny Face." In this musical based on the popular children's novel, he is a 50-something millionaire who sponsors a French teenager's education in the U.S. and then falls in love with her. As in "Funny Face," where Astaire lusted after Audrey Hepburn, it is not only embarrassing but downright icky watching this May-December romance. The musical numbers are actually not bad, but the film far outstays its welcome at a running time of over two hours. Caron plays basically the same role she did in "An American in Paris" and "Gigi."

I've recently got to watch Daddy Long Legs (1955), a classic DVD i've won thanks to an Oscar trivia contest I participated in earlier this year. The film was OK, I guess, yet something bothered me, and it damaged an otherwise enjoyable viewing.You see, the acting was good, the dance sequences were engaging even by today's standards and the whole thing felt like a giant time capsule from the 1950's - which is all good in my book. However, as much as I tried, I couldn't overcome the gigantic age gap between lead actors Fred Astaire (who was 55 year old when the movie got out) and Leslie Caron (who was 23 or 24 years old at the same time). Bend it as you may, a 30 year distance between romantic leads feels wrong\immoral\awkward (take a pick). Since I wasn't around in the 1950's, I don't know if it was acceptable by the public at that time, but viewing it in the 2000's made it feel completely wrong, and this lack of credibility damaged my final judgement.I gave it a 6 out of 10.