This book was Webster's best-known work. Webster herself adapted it into a stage play which debuted in 1914. In addition, it was adapted into a 1952 British stage musical comedy called "Love from Judy," as well as films in 1919 (starring Mary Pickford), 1931 (starring Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter), 1935 (a Shirley Temple adaptation called "Curly Top") and a 1955 film, "Daddy Long Legs" (starring Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron). The latter two film versions departed considerably from the plot of the original novel.