Cinderella (1950)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Directors:

Clyde Geronimi
Wilfred Jackson
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Writers:

Charles Perrault (original classic fairytale)
Bill Peet (story) ...
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Release Date:

4 March 1950 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical | Romance

Tagline:

The greatest love story ever told. (1957 reissue)

Plot:

When Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from the lovable mice Gus and Jaq, and from her Fairy Godmother.

Plot Keywords:

Cinderella | Ball | Fairy Godmother | Midnight | Prince

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Ilene Woods	...	Cinderella (voice)
Eleanor Audley	...	Lady Tremaine (voice)
Verna Felton	...	Fairy Godmother (voice)
Rhoda Williams	...	Drizella (voice)
James MacDonald	...	Bruno / Gus / Jaques (voice) (as James Macdonald)
Luis Van Rooten	...	King / Grand Duke (voice)
Don Barclay	...	Doorman (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lucille Bliss	...	Anastasia (voice) (uncredited)
Marion Darlington	...	Birds (voice) (uncredited)
Mike Douglas	...	Prince Charming (singing voice) (uncredited)
June Foray	...	Lucifer (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Lou Gerson	...	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Earl Keen	...	Bruno (voice) (uncredited)
Clint McCauley	...	Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
William Phipps	...	Prince Charming (voice) (uncredited)
Thurl Ravenscroft	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Helen Seibert	...	Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Jeffrey Stone	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
June Sullivan	...	Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Lucille Williams	...	Perla - a Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
John Woodbury	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Clyde Geronimi
Wilfred Jackson
Hamilton Luske

Writing credits
Charles Perrault		(original classic fairytale)
Bill Peet		(story) (as William Peed) &
Erdman Penner		(story) &
Ted Sears		(story) &
Winston Hibler		(story) &
Homer Brightman		(story) &
Harry Reeves		(story) &
Ken Anderson		(story) (as Kenneth Anderson) &
Joe Rinaldi		(story)

Produced by
Amy J. Bailey	....	line producer: Lowry Digital Images (restored version) (as Amy Bailey)
Walt Disney	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Paul J. Smith		(uncredited)
Oliver Wallace		(uncredited)

Film Editing by
Donald Halliday

Production Management
David Candiff	....	post-production manager (restored version)
Ben Sharpsteen	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mike Holoboff	....	assistant director (uncredited)
Larry Lansburgh	....	assistant director (uncredited)
Ted Sebern	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department
Robert O. Cook	....	sound recordist
Erik Flockoi	....	sound recordist: restoration (restored version)
Andreas K. Meyer	....	sound restoration: Sony Music Studios (restored version)
Terry Porter	....	sound re-recording mixer: restoration (restored version)
Keith Rogers	....	sound re-recording mixer: restoration (restored version)
C.O. Slyfield	....	sound director
Harold J. Steck	....	sound recordist

Visual Effects by
Jack Boyd	....	effects animator
Rachel Clement	....	restoration artist: restoration (restored version)
Ub Iwerks	....	special processes
April McMorris	....	digital producer: restoration (restored version)
Joshua Meador	....	effects animator (as Josh Meador)
George Rowley	....	effects animator
Bruce Tauscher	....	digital color timing supervisor: restoration (restored version)

Animation Department
Hal Ambro	....	character animator
Dick Anthony	....	background artist
Mary Blair	....	color and styling
Tim Campbell	....	animation research library: restoration (restored version)
Fox Carney	....	animation research library: restoration (restored version)
Les Clark	....	directing animator
Claude Coats	....	color and styling
Tom Codrick	....	layout artist
Merle Cox	....	background artist
Don DaGradi	....	color and styling (as Don da Gradi)
Marc Davis	....	directing animator
Phil Duncan	....	character animator
Doug Engalla	....	animation research library: restoration (restored version)
Norman Ferguson	....	directing animator (as Norm Ferguson)
Hugh Fraser	....	character animator
Don Griffith	....	layout artist
Ann Hansen	....	animation research library: restoration (restored version)
John Hench	....	color and styling
Hugh Hennesy	....	layout artist
Ray Huffine	....	background artist
Ralph Hulett	....	background artist
Ollie Johnston	....	directing animator
Milt Kahl	....	directing animator
Tamara Khalaf	....	animation research library: restoration (restored version)
Ward Kimball	....	directing animator
Hal King	....	character animator
Eric Larson	....	directing animator
John Lounsbery	....	directing animator
Don Lusk	....	character animator
Brice Mack	....	background artist
Fred Moore	....	character animator
George Nicholas	....	character animator
Lance Nolley	....	layout artist
Cliff Nordberg	....	character animator
Ken O'Brien	....	character animator
Kendall O'Connor	....	layout artist (as A. Kendall O'Connor)
Charles Philippi	....	layout artist
Vivian G. Procopio	....	animation research library: restoration (restored version) (as Vivian Procopio)
Thor Putnam	....	layout artist
Wolfgang Reitherman	....	directing animator
Art Riley	....	background artist
Lella Smith	....	animation research library: restoration (restored version)
McLaren Stewart	....	layout artist (as Mac Stewart)
Frank Thomas	....	directing animator
Harvey Toombs	....	character animator
Matt Tsugawa	....	animation research library: restoration (restored version)
Judge Whitaker	....	character animator
Thelma Witmer	....	background artist
Marvin Woodward	....	character animator
Edwin Aardal	....	animator (uncredited)
Blaine Gibson	....	animator (uncredited)
Jerry Hathcock	....	animator (uncredited)
Dan MacManus	....	animator (uncredited)
John McManus	....	animator (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Cory Hansen	....	post-production coordinator: restoration
Timothy Peeler	....	digital colorist: restoration

Music Department
Mack David	....	songs by
Joseph Dubin	....	orchestrator
Al Hoffman	....	songs by
Jerry Livingston	....	songs by
Paul J. Smith	....	musical director (as Paul Smith)
Al Teeter	....	music editor
Oliver Wallace	....	musical director
Lyn Murray	....	music arranger: vocals (uncredited)
Edward H. Plumb	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
Robert Bagley	....	restoration team (as Robert H. Bagley)
Walt Disney	....	presenter
Claire Du Brey	....	live action model: Fairy Godmother (as Claire DuBrey)
Bridgid O'Donnell	....	restoration specialist
Helene Stanley	....	live action model: Cinderella and Anastasia
Eleanor Audley	....	live action model: Lady Tremaine (uncredited)
Marie Dasnoit	....	secretary (uncredited)
Eloise Tobelman	....	secretary (uncredited)
Rhoda Williams	....	live action model: Drizella (uncredited)
Ruth Wright	....	secretary (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Productions

Distributors

• RKO Radio Pictures (1950) (USA) (theatrical)
• RKO Radio Pictures (1950) (France) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Film Distribution Company (1957) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2002) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Walt Disney Home Video (199?) (USA) (VHS)
• Walt Disney Home Video (199?) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (199?) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Gativideo (199?) (Argentina) (VHS)
• RKO (1952) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (BVHE) (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Kingdom (2006) (Japan) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Library of Congress, Motion Picture Conservation Center  acknowledgment: restoration
• Lowry Digital Images  restoration
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates  digital mastering (restoration)
• Buena Vista Sound  sound re-recording (restoration) (as Buena Vista Sound Studios)
• Sony Music Studios  sound restoration

Runtime:

74 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Australia:G | Canada:F (Ontario) | Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Brazil:Livre | South Korea:All | USA:Approved (PCA #14083) (original rating) | USA:G (re-rating) (1973) | Canada:G (video rating) | Sweden:Btl | Argentina:Atp | Chile:TE | Finland:S | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/6 | UK:U

Company:

Walt Disney Productions

Trivia:

Walt Disney had not had a huge hit since Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). The production of this film was regarded as a major gamble on his part. At a cost of nearly $3,000,000, Disney insiders claimed that if this movie had failed at the box office, it would have been the end of the Disney studio. The film was a big hit. The profits from its release, with the additional profits from record sales, music publishing, publications and other merchandise gave Disney the cash flow to finance a slate of productions (animated and live action), establish his own distribution company, enter television production and begin building Disneyland during the decade.

Goofs:

Continuity: In older versions of the movie, Lucifer's fur is brown when he tries to catch Gus shortly before he turns into a horse and scares Lucifer before leaving for the ball. This has been corrected in later versions of the movie.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Narrator: Once upon a time in a faraway land there was a tiny kingdom, peaceful, prosperous, and rich in romance and tradition. Here in a stately chateau there lived a widowed gentleman and his little daughter, Cinderella. Although he was a kind and devoted father...

Movie Connections:

Featured in DTV: Golden Oldies (1984) (V)

Soundtrack:

Cinderella

Enchanting and enthralling adaption of a classic fairy tale.

Walt Disney's CINDERELLA takes a story everybody's familiar with and embellishes it with humor and suspense, while retaining the tale's essential charm. Disney's artists provide the film with an appealing storybook look that emanates delectable fairy tale atmosphere. It is beautifully, if conventionally, animated; the highlight being the captivating scene where the Fairy Godmother transforms a pumpkin into a majestic coach and Cinderella's rags to a gorgeous gown. Mack David, Al Hoffman, and Jerry Livingston provide lovely songs like "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" and "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" that enhance both the scenario and the characters.

Even though CINDERELLA's story is predictable, it provides such thrilling melodrama that one shares the concerns and anxieties of the titular heroine and her animal friends. Both the wicked stepmother and her dreadful cat Lucifer present a formidable menace that threatens the dreams and aspirations of Cinderella and the mice. It is this menace that provides the story with a strong conflict that holds the viewers' interest. The film's suspense, however, is nicely balanced by a serene sweetness, especially in the musical numbers. It is in these segments that reveal the appealing personalities of Cinderella and her friends, moving the viewers to care for them. Overall, Walt Disney's CINDERELLA is wonderful family entertainment that has held up remarkably well after half a century.