Cinderella (1950)
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Cinderella (Disney character)
Title character in the 1950 Disney animated film of the same name
Fictional character
Cinderella is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Pictures' animated film of the same name released in 1950. Voiced by Ilene Woods, the character is adapted from the character from folk tales, primarily the French version written by Charles Perrault in 1697. For the sequels and subsequent film and television appearances, Woods was replaced by actresses Jennifer Hale and Tami Tappan, who provide the character's speaking and singing voices (Hale later assumed the singing role in both Sofia the First and Disney's centenary short film Once Upon a Studio).
In the wake of her father's untimely demise, Cinderella is left in the care of her cruel stepmother and jealous stepsisters, who constantly mistreat her, forcing Cinderella to work as a scullery maid in her own home. When Prince Charming holds a ball, the evil stepmother does not allow her to go. Cinderella, aided by her kind Fairy Godmother and equipped with a beautiful silver gown and a uniqu
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Cinderella (1950 film)
1950 Disney animated feature film
Cinderella is a 1950 American animated musicalfantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Based on Charles Perrault's 1697 fairy tale, it features supervision by Ben Sharpsteen. The film was directed by Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, and Clyde Geronimi. The film features the voices of Ilene Woods, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Rhoda Williams, James MacDonald, and Luis van Rooten.
During the early 1940s, Walt Disney Productions had suffered financially after losing connections to the European film markets due to the outbreak of World War II. Because of this, the studio endured commercial failures such as Pinocchio, Fantasia (both 1940) and Bambi (1942), all of which would later become more successful with several re-releases in theaters and on home video. By 1947, the studio was over $4 million in debt and was on the verge of bankruptcy. Walt Disney and his animators returned to feature film production in 1948 after producing a string of package films with the idea of
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The History, Debut, and Impact of Disney’s Classic Cinderella
Posted on Mon, 08/03/2020 - 13:38
“There is a nice philosophy in Cinderella’s attitude. She can teach the young – and others – how to take adversity.” – film critic Helen Bower, April 1950
A Fairy Tale Worth Waiting For
Cinderella (1950) was one of Walt Disney’s most highly-anticipated films. Not since Bambi (1942) had he released a feature-length animated story. After World War II, audiences were impatient for something reminiscent of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), a film that had rescued their hearts from the Great Depression.
“It was the audience that wanted a full-length feature like Cinderella,” animator Frank Thomas remembered to historian Christian Renaut. “Walt would meet people outside, critics, and so on, and people said: ‘Why don’t you do something like Snow White?’ We had Cinderella in the backs of our minds for a long time.” The film at last made its debut in 1950 and the country went abuzz.
Ilene Woods as Disney’s Cinderella
In March 1948, 19-year-old actre
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