Cinderella

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    Cinderella
    1950

    Synopsis

    Cinderella has faith her dreams of a better life will come true. With help from her loyal mice friends and a wave of her Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinderella's rags are magically turned into a glorious gown and off she goes to the Royal Ball. But when the clock strikes midnight, the spell is broken, leaving a single glass slipper... the only key to the ultimate fairy-tale ending!

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    Cast

    • Ilene WoodsCinderella (voice)
    • Eleanor AudleyLady Tremaine (voice)
    • Verna FeltonFairy Godmother (voice)
    • Claire Du Brey(credit only) (voice)
    • Rhoda WilliamsDrizella (voice)
    • James MacDonaldGus / Jaq (voice)
    • Helene Stanley(credit only)
    • Luis van RootenKing / Grand Duke (voice)
    • Don BarclayDoorman (voice)
    • Lucille BlissAnastasia (voice)

    Recommendations

    • 100

      The New York Times

      Whoever engineered the sequence of the pumpkin transformation in this film—the magical change to coach and horses—deserves an approving hand. And the scene in which Cinderella blows soap bubbles—opalescent globes full of fragile reflections and rainbow colors—is one of the cleverest animations yet seen. To the fellows who dreamed up these fancies we are heartily grateful, indeed. They have sprinkled into Cinderella—along with sugar and wit—some vagrant art.
    • 100

      Time

      A small army of Disney craftsmen has given the centuries-old Cinderella story a dewy radiance and comic verve that should make children feel like elves and adults feel like children.
    • 100

      TV Guide Magazine

      Excellent animation, marvelous color, and lovely music make Cinderella a delight all the way around.
    • 100

      Entertainment Weekly

      The character gags work, the dreamlike ball sequence still induces swooning, and if you aren’t on the edge of your seat for the climactic fitting, it’s time to get back on the romanticism meds.
    • 90

      Chicago Reader

      This 1950 effort shows Disney at the tail end of his best period, when his backgrounds were still luminous with depth and detail and his incidental characters still had range and bite.
    • 88

      Slant Magazine

      Thematically, Cinderella preaches something far more easily tangible and relatable to the everyday than a flying elephant, romantic pooches, or mining dwarves: respect and understanding for hard work and those who tirelessly labor with no need for false praise or special consideration.
    • 80

      Time Out

      As usual, everything is slightly glossy, soppy and hearty, yet not a string is left untwanged.
    • 75

      Chicago Sun-Times

      When those little mice bust a gut trying to drag that key up hundreds of stairs in order to free Cinderella, I don't care how many Kubrick pictures you've seen, it's still exciting.

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