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Cinderella (1950)
In Disney's animated, mid-century, musical fantasy
masterpiece:
- the "once upon a time" storybook opening
- Cinderella's (voice of Ilene Woods) nasty and ugly
step-sisters Drizella (voice of Rhoda Williams) and Anastasia (voice
of Lucille Bliss), who treated her like a scullery maid
- with the help of her animal friends, including Jaq
and mouse Gus (voice of Jimmy MacDonald), the creation of a pink
ball gown from scraps of discarded fabric - and then after it was
destroyed by her stepsisters, the fairy Godmother's (voice of Verna
Felton) magical transformation of the dress into a beautiful, sparkling
white ball gown ("Why, it's like a dream!")
Fairy Godmother's Transformations: Pink Ball Gown
to White Ball Gown
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- other transformations by the magical wand of the
fairy Godmother: the pumpkin into a carriage, the mice into horses,
the dog into a footman and horse Major into a coach-man driver,
accompanied by the the fairy Godmother's singing of the Oscar-nominated
song, "Bibbidy-Bobbidi-Boo"
(aka The Magic Song) with nonsense lyrics
- the funny scene of the step-sisters attempting to
squeeze their oversized feet into the glass slipper, and then sabotaging
Cinderella's chances of trying it on (by tripping the footman and
smashing the slipper), but then Cinderella outwitted them, with the
help of her animal friends to free her from the locked attic by producing
the second slipper (that she was wearing) that fit perfectly on her
foot
- and the "they lived happily ever after" ending
- Cinderella riding off in a gold carriage with her new husband,
the Prince (voice of William Phipps)
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Storybook Opening
Cinderella's Cruel Step-Sisters
"Bibbidy-Bobbidi-Boo"
The Glass Slipper Fits
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