Cinderella (1950 movie)

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Cinderella
Directed by Clyde Geronimi
Hamilton Luske
Wilfred Jackson
Produced by Walt Disney
Written by Charles Perrault (novel)
Ken Anderson
Perce Pearce
Homer Brightman
Winston Hibler
Bill Peet
Erdman Penner
Harry Reeves
Joe Rinaldi
Ted Sears
Narrated by Betty Lou Gerson
Starring Ilene Woods
Eleanor Audley
Verna Felton
Rhoda Williams
James MacDonald
Luis Van Rooten
Don Barclay
Mike Douglas
Lucille Bliss
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release date(s) February 14, 1950
Running time 75 min.
Language English
Budget $2,900,000
Followed by Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002)
IMDb profile


Cinderella is a 1950 movie made by Walt Disney based on the famous story of the same name.

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The Story [change]

In a far away, long ago kingdom, Cinderella is living happily with her mother and father until her mother dies. Cinderella's father remarries a cold, cruel woman who has two daughters, Drizella and Anastasia. When the father dies, Cinderella's wicked stepmother turns her into a virtual servant in her own house. Meanwhile, across town in the castle, the King determines that his son the Prince should find a suitable bride and provide him with a required number of grandchildren. So the King invites every eligible maiden in the kingdom to a fancy dress ball, where his son will be able to choose his bride. Cinderella has no suitable party dress for a ball, but her friends the mice, lead by Jacques and Gus, and the birds lend a hand in making her one, a dress the evil stepsisters immediately tear apart on the evening of the ball. After that the stepmother and the stepsisters went to the ball and Cinderella cried in the garden. Her sadness finished after her fairy godmother by used the magic gave to her a coach, a coachman, horses, a footman and a light beautiful silver with diamonds ball gown with glass slippers, but the godmother warns Cinderella must return before midnight because everything will turn in their true form. In the ball she and the prince falls in love and the king believes Cinderella is the best daughter-in-law but at midnight Cinderella hurry went away but forgot her one glass slipper after that the prince search for her by all the young maids wear the slipper. When Cinderella learned that accidentally uncovered to her stepmother who locked her in her room. But when the duke came in the home and the stepsisters started to wear the slipper Cinderella's mice friends Jaq and Gus toke the key and freed Cinderella who by wear the slipper married the prince and lived with her love and friends happily ever after.

Release [change]

The profits from the film's 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.

Walt Disney had not had a huge hit since Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. 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, then Disney studio would have closed (given that the studio was already heavily in debt)[1]. The film was successful and allowed Disney to carry on producing films throughout the 1950s.

Re-release schedule and home video [change]

Cinderella has been re-released theatrically in 1957, 1965, 1973, 1981, and 1987. It was released on VHS video and laserdisc in 1988 ("The Classics" video issue, becoming the first video to feature the "Sorcerer Mickey" Classics logo before the film) and 1995 (Masterpiece Collection video issue) with a 1950s Buena Vista logo added. The original 1988 Classics release also had a promotion with a free lithograph reproduction for those who pre-ordered the video before its release date. Disney then restored and remastered the movie for its October 4, 2005 release as the sixth installment of Disney's Platinum Edition series. According to the Studio Briefing, Disney sold 3.2 million copies in its first week and earned over $64 million in sales. [2] The Platinum Edition DVD went on moratorium in January 31 2008.

Cinderella theatrical release history [change]

Worldwide release dates [change]
Walt Disney
Animation Studios
movies
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)  • Pinocchio (1940)  • Fantasia (1940)  • Dumbo (1941)  • Bambi (1942)  • Saludos Amigos (1942)  • The Three Caballeros (1944)  • Make Mine Music (1946)  • Fun and Fancy Free (1947)  • Melody Time (1948)  • The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)  • Cinderella (1950)  • Alice in Wonderland (1951)  • Peter Pan (1953)  • Lady and the Tramp (1955)  • Sleeping Beauty (1959)  • One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)  • The Sword in the Stone (1963)  • The Jungle Book (1967)  • The Aristocats (1970)  • Robin Hood (1973)  • The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)  • The Rescuers (1977)  • The Fox and the Hound (1981)  • The Black Cauldron (1985)  • The Great Mouse Detective (1986)  • Oliver & Company (1988)  • The Little Mermaid (1989)  • The Rescuers Down Under (1990)  • Beauty and the Beast (1991)  • Aladdin (1992)  • The Lion King (1994)  • Pocahontas (1995)  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)  • Hercules (1997)  • Mulan (1998)  • Tarzan (1999)  • Fantasia 2000 (1999)  • Dinosaur (2000)  • The Emperor's New Groove (2000)  • Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)  • Lilo & Stitch (2002)  • Treasure Planet (2002)  • Brother Bear (2003)  • Home on the Range (2004)  • Chicken Little (2005)  • Meet the Robinsons (2007)  • Bolt (2008)  • The Princess and the Frog (2009)  • Tangled (2010)  • Winnie the Pooh (2011)  • Wreck-It Ralph (2012)  • Frozen (2013)
Walt Disney Pictures
movies with animation
The Reluctant Dragon (1941)  • Victory Through Air Power (1943)  • Song of the South (1946)  • So Dear to My Heart (1949)  • Mary Poppins (1964)  • Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)  • Pete's Dragon (1977)  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)  • Enchanted (2007)
DisneyToon Studios
movies
DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990)  • A Goofy Movie (1995)  • Doug's 1st Movie (1999)  • The Tigger Movie (2000)  • Recess: School's Out (2001)  • Return to Never Land (2002)  • The Jungle Book 2 (2003)  • Piglet's Big Movie (2003)  • Teacher's Pet (2004)  • Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005)  • Bambi II (2006)


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