Daddy-Long-Legs
Top 10 Billed Cast
Judy Abbott
Mrs. Lippett
Miss Pritchard (as Miss Percy Haswell)
Jarvis Pendleton
Mrs. Pendleton
Julia Pendleton
Jimmie Mc Bride (as Marshall A. Neilan)
(uncredited)
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