Cinderella (1957)

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 March 1957 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella See more »

Filming Locations:

CBS Studio 72, New York City, New York, USA

Production Co:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) See more »

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Runtime:

76 min (dvd release)  | USA: 90 min (including commercials)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White (surviving Kinescope prints) | Color (original broadcast)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Trivia

It was Richard Rodgers who wanted the Fairy Godmother (played by Edie Adams) to be a beautiful young woman, arguing that, since she had magical powers, it made more sense - a concept that met with disagreement among the creative staff until the composer's view prevailed. See more »

Goofs

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When performing the duet with the Queen of the reprise of "Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?", Jon Cypher as the Prince, accidentally sings a line of the song that was meant to be sung by the Queen, played by Dorothy Stickney. This occurs after he sings the line "Do I want you because you're wonderful?" The camera shifts to the Queen and you can see her open her mouth to sing her line "Or is she wonderful because you want her?" but she remains silent when the Prince goes ahead and mistakenly sings the line from his point of view. According to the interview with Jon Cypher on the DVD release, he didn't realize that he had made the mistake of singing over Dorothy Stickney's line until it was too late, and because it was during a live broadcast, there was nothing either of them can do. If you listen closely, you can also hear that at that point, the orchestra has to catch up with Jon's singing to make up for the mistake. See more »

Quotes

Fairy Godmother: All the dreamers in all the world are dizzy in the noodle!
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Connections

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Samson vs. the Vampire Women (#7.24)" (1995) See more »

Soundtracks

"Stepsisters' Lament"
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Performed by Alice Ghostley and Kaye Ballard See more »