

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.

Jervis Pendleton III

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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.

Movie / 1954

Movie / 1988

Movie / 2016

Movie / 1995

Movie / 1946

Movie / 1991

Movie / 2012

Movie / 2017

Movie / 2019

Movie / 2020

Movie / 1964

Movie / 2024

Movie / 1967

Movie / 2018

Movie / 2015

Movie / 1962

Movie / 2022

Movie / 1972

Movie / 2017

Movie / 1993