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Daddy Long-Legs (Dub.VHS)

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Title: Daddy Long-Legs
Volume: Dub.VHS
Running time: 60
Distributor: Children's Video Library

Release date: 1987-09-02

SKU: 1561
UPC: 028485115613 028485115613
ISBN-10: 0805104038 0805104038
ISBN-13: 9780805104035 9780805104035

Description:
Jean Webster's famous children's tale is now a fully-animated family classic!

Kids and parents alike will delight in the very first animated version of the Jean Webster classic, DADDY LONG LEGS. It's a touching, spirited adventure for young viewers of all ages.

When a young orphan girl is able to attend college with money given to her by an anonymous benefactor, it opens up a world beyond her wildest dreams. For years she has been corresponding with a man she knows only as DADDY LONG LEGS. While in school, she continues to write to Daddy Long Legs and tells him everything that is going on in her life. She tells him of a handsome young millionaire–the man she has fallen in love with ... only to discover that her secret penpal, Daddy Long Legs, is actually the man of her dreams!

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