Hobbyhawk Reflections: Cinderella

Monday, March 16, 2015

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March 16, 2015 Cinderella Legacy

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One of the many things I love about the Walt Disney Company is their continued dedication to classic stories and folktales. The Cinderella legacy began over three hundred and eighty years ago, when the French author Charles Perrault published his story for the first time in 1634. Cinderella or The Little Glass Slipper was destined to become a classic folktale from the beginning. There have been over 500 adaptions and versions of the story since that first publication.

Walt Disney first created a seven minute film of a modern cartoon Cinderella in 1922 for his Laugh-O-Gram studios. Here is this fun film.

Then after developing Walt Disney Studios, he created a full length animated film of the folktale in 1950. The film was a huge financial risk and it almost was not finished. It was a hit at the box office and was nominated for three Academy Awards. Today this version continues to be a popular classic film. This is the original trailer for the animated Cinderella movie.

This past week Disney released a new live action version of Cinderella, the success at the box office indicates it is destine to be another classic. Here is a combination of the 1950 film and new version created by Disney.

The legacy continues for this classic fairy tale, and hopefully it will inspire interest in reading and classic literature for another generation.

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Disney Cinderella History

Cinderella Legacy

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This legacy began over three hundred and eighty years ago, when the French author Charles Perrault published his story for the first time in 1634. Cinderella or The Little Glass Slipper was destined to become a classic folktale from the beginning. There have been over 500 publications, adaptions and versions of the story since that first publication. By the early 1700's the fairy tale became a popular feature as it was preformed in ballets and operas.

This is the poster from the opera

Cendrillon from 1894

this version was created

by Jules Massenet.

Opera Cendirllon (1894–5)

by Jules Massenet, libretto by Henri Cain

Cinderella has also been adapted for theater performances several times since the early 1900's In 1904 a version was performed as a pantomime at the Drury Lane and Adelphi Theaters in London.

This is the poster from

the Adelphi Theatre

Cinderella Pantomime at the Adelphi 1905

In the past hundred years there have been a variety of Cinderella adaptions that were created for film and television. In 1957 Roger and Hammerstein created a television version that has become a classic. Starring Julie Andrews as Cinderella it was the most widely viewed program in television history.

Julie Andrews Cinderella 1957 In My Own Little Corner.

They then released a new version in 1965 starring Lesley Ann Warren with the same success. In 1997 another versions was created with Whitney Housten as the Fairy Godmother. This version was also adapted for the theater and continues as a Broadway today.

Cinderella on Broadway tour

Cinderella Roger Hammerstein History

Walt Disney created a seven minute film of Cinderella in 1922 for his Laugh-O-Gram studios. Then he created a full length animated film of the folktale in 1950. The film was a huge financial risk and it almost was not finished. Today this 1950 version continues to be a popular classic film. This past week Disney released a new live action version of Cinderella, the success at the box office indicates it is destine to be another classic. Here is a combination of the 1950 film and new version created by Disney.