Walt Disney’s Cinderella

Walt Disney's Cinderella
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Walt Disney’s Cinderella (1950)

Description of Cinderella

This version of CINDERELLA is the original Walt Disney animated classic based on Charles Perrault’s 17th-century fable about a poor stepdaughter transformed into a vision of beauty and sent to the royal ball by her Fairy Godmother to meet her Prince Charming and live happily ever after. Academy Award Nominations: Best Sound Recording, Best Scoring of a Musical Picture, Best Song (“Bibbidy-Bobbidi-Boo”).

Editorial review of Cinderella courtesy of Amazon.com

Buy from Amazon Disney’s adaptation of the beloved fairy tale became a classic in its own right, thanks to some memorable tunes (including “A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes,” “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo,” and the title song) and some endearingly cute comic relief. We all know the story–the wicked stepmother and stepsisters simply won’t have it, this uppity Cinderella thinking she’s going to a ball designed to find the handsome prince an appropriate sweetheart, but perseverance, animal buddies, and a well-timed entrance by a fairy godmother make sure things turn out all right.

There are a few striking sequences of pure animation–for example, Cinderella is reflected in bubbles drifting through the air–and the design is rich and evocative throughout. It’s a simple story padded here agreeably with comic business, particularly Cinderella’s rodent pals (dressed up conspicuously like the dwarf sidekicks of another famous Disney heroine) and their misadventures with a wretched cat named Lucifer. There’s also much harrumphing and exposition spouting by the King and the Grand Duke. It’s a much simpler and more graceful work than the more frenetically paced animated films of today, which makes it simultaneously quaint and highly gratifying. –David Kronke

Songs

  • Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (1949)
    • Music and Lyrics by Mack David, Jerry Livingston, and Al Hoffman
    • Performed by Verna Felton and chorus
  • So This Is Love (1949)
    • Music and Lyrics by Mack David, Jerry Livingston, and Al Hoffman
    • Performed by Ilene Woods and Mike Douglas
  • A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes (1949)
    • Music and Lyrics by Mack David, Jerry Livingston, and Al Hoffman
    • Performed by Ilene Woods
    • Reprised by the mice as they are working on Cinderella’s dress for the ball.
    • Reprised by the Jud Conlon Chorus in the finale
  • Cinderella (1949)
    • Music and Lyrics by Mack David, Jerry Livingston, and Al Hoffman
    • Performed by the Jud Conlon Chorus with Marni Nixon singing as a soloist
  • The Work Song (1949)
    • Music and Lyrics by Mack David, Jerry Livingston, and Al Hoffman
    • Performed by James MacDonald and several mice
  • Sing, Sweet Nightingale (1949)
    • Music and Lyrics by Mack David, Jerry Livingston, and Al Hoffman
    • Performed by Eleanor Audley, Rhoda Williams, and Ilene Woods

Cast of characters

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