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Cinderella
Plot Synopsis by Hal Erickson

Cinderella was Walt Disney's return to feature-length "story" cartoons after eight years of turning out episodic pastiches like Make Mine Music and Three Caballeros. A few understandable liberties are taken with the original Charles Perrault fairy tale (the wicked stepsisters, for example, do not have their eyes pecked out by crows!) Otherwise, the story remains the same: Cinderella, treated as a slavey by her selfish stepfamily, dreams of going to the Prince's ball. She gets her wish courtesy of her Fairy Godmother, who does the pumpkin-into-coach bit, then delivers the requisite "be home by midnight" warning. Thoroughly enchanting the prince at the ball, our heroine hightails it at midnight, leaving a glass slipper behind. The Disney people do a terrific job building up suspense before the inevitable final romantic clinch. Not as momentous an animated achievement as, say, Snow White or Fantasia, Cinderella is a nonetheless delightful feature, enhanced immeasurably by the introduction of several "funny animal" characters (a Disney tradition that has held fast into the 1990s, as witness Pocahontas), and a host of a sprightly songs, including "Cinderelly," "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes," and -- best of all -- "Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo."

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 Is followed by:    Cinderella II: Dreams Come True  (2002, John Kafka)
 Is related to:    Donkey Skin  (1970, Jacques Demy)
   Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella  (1984, Mark Cullingham)
   A Kiss for Cinderella  (1926, Herbert Brenon)
   The Lion King  (1994, Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff)
   Happily N'Ever After  (2006, Paul J. Bolger)
   Happily N'Ever After 2: Snow White  (2008, Steven E. Gordon, Boyd Kirkland)
 Is a version of:    Cinderella (Bolshoi Ballet)  (1978, Victor Okoentsov)
 Has been remade as:    Ever After  (1998, Andy Tennant)
   Cinderella 
   Cinderella (Bolshoi Ballet)  (1978, Victor Okoentsov)