The story isn't as creepy as it sounds, although there's no way this would get green-lit today. Some of the numbers are visually impressive, like Caron's ballet number later in the film, but others seem to keep the action to the center of the screen, wasting the wider imagery. This was another early attempt to utilize the CinemaScope widescreen format in the musical genre, and it had mixed results. Also featuring Ray Anthony & His Orchestra. When Jervis later meets Julie, he falls in love with her, but doesn't reveal that he's her adoptive father, which can only spell trouble down the line. Julie has never met Jervis, and she imagines all sorts of romantic notions about his appearance and demeanor. Impressed by her talent, he arranges to anonymously adopt her and have her sent to America to an exclusive girls' boarding school. On a business trip to France, he happens upon an orphanage where he hears 18-year-old Julie Andre (Leslie Caron) singing to the other kids. This CinemaScope musical romance from 20th Century Fox and director Jean Negulesco stars Fred Astaire as millionaire Jervis Pendleton III.
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