Wealthy American, Jervis Pendleton has a chance encounter at a French orphanage with a cheerful 18-year-old resident, and anonymously pays for her education at a New England college. She writes letters to her mysterious benefactor regularly, but he never writes back. Several years later, he visits her at school, while still concealing his identity, and—despite their large age difference—they soon fall in love.
Cast
Fred Astaire
Jervis Pendleton III
Leslie Caron
Julie Andre
Terry Moore
Linda Pendleton
Thelma Ritter
Alicia Pritchard
Fred Clark
Griggs
Charlotte Austin
Sally McBride
Larry Keating
Ambassador Alexander Williamson
Kathryn Givney
Gertrude Pendleton
Kelly Brown
Jimmy McBride
Ray Anthony
Himself
Gertrude Astor
Art Gallery Patron (uncredited)
Barrie Chase
Blonde dancer (in "International Playboy") (uncredited)
James Cromwell
Extra (uncredited)
Lisa Montell
College Girl (uncredited)
Leslie Parrish
College Girl (uncredited)
Pat Sheehan
College Girl (uncredited)
Sara Shane
Pat
Evelyn Rudie
Codene, Orphan Girl
Liliane Montevecchi
College Girl
Diane Jergens
College Girl
Ann Codee
Madame Sevanne
Kenner G. Kemp
Airport Passenger
Forbes Murray
Art Gallery Patron
William H. O'Brien
Hotel Waiter
Bert Stevens
Graduation Attendee
Suzanne Alexander
College Girl
Helen Van Tuyl
College Dean
Jean Moorhead
College Girl (uncredited)
Numa Lapeyre
Jean (uncredited)
Marco López
Extra (uncredited)
Crew
Jean Negulesco
Director
Phoebe Ephron
Screenplay
Henry Ephron
Screenplay
Jean Webster
Novel
William Reynolds
Editor
Leon Shamroy
Director of Photography
Eli Dunn
Assistant Director
Samuel G. Engel
Producer
Charles LeMaire
Wardrobe Supervisor
Kay Nelson
Costume Design
Tom Keogh
Costume Design
Helen Turpin
Hairstylist
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Alfred Bruzlin
Sound
Harry M. Leonard
Sound
Ray Kellogg
Special Effects
Cyril J. Mockridge
Original Music Composer
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer, Music Supervisor, Conductor
Alex North
Music
Johnny Mercer
Songs
Ken Darby
Vocal Coach
Paul S. Fox
Set Decoration
Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration
William E. Orr
Script Supervisor
Roland Petit
Choreographer
Fred Astaire
Choreographer
David Robel
Choreographer
John DeCuir
Art Direction
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Edward B. Powell
Orchestrator
Skip Martin
Orchestrator
Earle Hagen
Orchestrator
Bernard Mayers
Orchestrator
Billy May
Orchestrator
Leonard Doss
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