Jeri Jacquin
Coming to Bluray/DVD and Digital from Walt Disney and
directors Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske and Wilfred Jackson is the animated
story of CINDERELLA Anniversary Edition.
Cinderella was a happy child in the loving home and a loving
father. All of that changed the day he brought home a new wife, Lady Tremaine
and her two daughters Anastasia and Drizella. Soon after her father passes
leaving Cinderella to the mercy of an unforgiving step-mother.
The young girl is sent to live in the dankest part of the
house and made to wait on Lady Tremaine and daughters. From sun-up to sun-down
the only friends she has are the house mice like Gus and Jaq, birds and dog
Bruno.
The palace where the king and queen live are planning a ball
for their son the Prince. Invitations are made and sent out all over the land
and that includes Cinderella’s home. Excited, the girls begin barking orders to
Cinderella for shoes, bows and dresses. Asking Lady Tremaine if she may also
attend, the reply is that if she finished all her chores then Cinderella may
go.
She immediately finds a dress that belonged to her mother
and feels that she will never get it ready in time. That’s when Jaq, Gus and
her feathered friends have a plan of their own and redesign the dress
beautifully. Dressed and ready to go, it doesn’t take long before Lady Tremaine
watches Anastasia and Drizella take apart Cinderella’s dress.
Crying in the dried garden, Cinderella is visited by her
Fairy Godmother who creates a coach and footman so that she can go to the ball.
She also creates the most stunning gown for the young girl and sends her on her
way with a warning to be home before midnight.
At the ball, the prince is captured by Cinderella as he
walks away from other ladies waiting to dance to spend time with her. They
danced to amazing music and as time passed so did the clock as it begins to
strike midnight.
Trying to excuse herself from the prince is difficult but as
she makes her way to the carriage, one of her slippers falls off. What she
doesn’t know is that the Prince is taken with her enough to send word out far
and wide to find her.
Her life is about to change forever!
The voice cast include Elene Woods as Cinderella, Eleanor
Audley as Lady Tremaine, Verna Felton as the Fairy Godmother, Rhoda Williams as
Drizella Tremaine, James MacDonald as Jaq and Gus, Luis van Rooten as the King
and Grand Duke, Don Barclay as the Doorman, Mike Douglas, William Phipps as
Prince Charming and Lucille Bliss as Anastasia Tremaine.
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and kids at heart. Home of the most beloved animated features including SNOW
WHITE, PINOCCHIO and SLEEPING BEAUTY to name a few is what keeps families
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for their At Home titles!
The Bluray/DVD include the Special Features with Two Ways to Watch – Original Theatrical
Version and New: In Walt’s Words: The Envisioning of Cinderella, From Rags to
Riches: The Making of Cinderella, The Cinderella That Almost Was, Try This
Trivia on for Size – Disney Channel Stars Ruth Righi and Ava Kolker Reveal Fun
Facts and so much more!
CINDERELLA was released in 1950 based on the fairy tale by
Charles Perrault. This was to be Disney’s twelfth animated film that would
bring about some of the most popular songs of the day. They include A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes, Sing
Sweet Nightingale and So This is
Love.
The story of Cinderella would bring about CINDERELLA II:
Dreams Come True in 2002 and CINDERELLA III: A Twist in Time in 2007. It would
be in 2015 when a live-action version of the film would hit theatres.
That being said, it is still the original CINDERELLA that
families are first introduced to. That’s because it is beautiful, fun, and
filled with the magic we have always come to associate with Disney. It has
creatures that are beloved and a story that is relatable to us all on so many
levels. CINDERELLA is part of the Prestigious National Film Registry as well it
should be.
Celebrate the anniversary of one of the most iconic animated
films that still holds a candle to the hearts of us all with Disney’s
CINDERELLA.
In the end – a dream is a wish your heart makes!
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