They are wise to Cinderella’s misfortunes and go out of their way to help her in times of need, but interestingly, each have a distinct personality that was rarely seen before. Cinderella’s only true friends are found in nature that being a group of little mice that live in her dingy loft-room with her, and the animals that accumulate outside the house. The character selection for the film is intriguing and not like anything produced beforehand. Only you’re getting the assurance that a happy ending could come your way if you keep watching! It’s a tale of jealously and favouritism that will never grow old and, no doubt, still has its place in modern society. Although it would seem fortunate at first that Cinderella’s Father had married a new women (named Lady Tremaine, the mother of two grotesque daughters) before death, the beautiful girl soon witnesses Tremaine’s true nature her and the ugly sisters, Anastasia and Drizella, are bitterly jealous of Cinderella’s beauty and grace. The result was that Cinderella, the daughter of a good-natured man who had lost his wife, then has the further grief of witnessing her Father pop his cloggs early in life, leaving her without any true parents. Some could argue however that, with these limitations, the Studio would often produce much of its most loveable work – the earliest example being Dumbo.īecause of the folk story’s European origin, many variants of the tale had already been established, leaving the studio with a lot of flexibility to produce an entertaining screen play. For these reasons, it is possibly the satisfying Disney movie of the decade, but the budget restraints prevented any kind artistic prowess or extended film time that others could offer.

But Cinderella sits neatly between the two eras, dipping into the story telling that made the previous films so wonderful, and representing the advancements in animation techniques that the latter films of the 1950’s would go on to demonstrate.

Cinderella 1950