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The Glass Slipper (1955)

The Glass Slipper poster
Directed by
Charles Walters
Genre
fantasy film, romance film, musical film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 27 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman with a love for dancing is mistreated by her stepfamily. With a bit of magic and the help of a fairy, she attends a royal ball and captures the heart of a prince.

whimsicalromanticlightheartedballeticdreamymusicalfairytalecharming

What happens

The Glass Slipper (1955) is an American musical film adaptation of the fairy tale Cinderella, made by MGM, directed by Charles Walters and produced by Edwin H. Knopf from a screenplay by Helen Deutsch. The music score is by Bronislau Kaper, the cinematography by Arthur E. Arling, the art direction by Daniel B. Cathcart and Cedric Gibbons and costume design by Walter Plunkett and Helen Rose. The film stars Leslie Caron as Cinderella, and Michael Wilding as the Prince, with Keenan Wynn, Estelle Winwood, Elsa Lanchester, Barry Jones, Lurene Tuttle, Liliane Montevecchi and Walter Pidgeon as the Narrator. The film received its network television premiere divided into two episodes on the 1967 ABC-TV anthology series Off to See the Wizard. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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