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.
Acting
Leslie Caron's effervescence almost sells this.
Cinematography
CinemaScope dreams, every frame a greeting card.
Direction
Negulesco commits to the fantasy, consequences be damned.
Director
Jean Negulesco
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)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a 1912 novel by the same author who wrote 'Anne of Green Gables'—the age gap was slightly less scandalous then, slightly.
Astaire was 56; Caron was 23. He'd later call this his least favorite film, possibly because even he felt the ick.
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