A Modern Cinderella
About A Modern Cinderella
Cinderella (Mary Fuller) and her sister Jane are invited to a reception. Jane expects to be the belle. Cinderella has only a plain dress, and Jane says she will look like a frump, so she stays home. Mrs. Marvin, an older visitor, hears this, buys her an outfit, and sends her on the condition that she leave at midnight. She loses a slipper. A young man picks it up, finds the shoe dealer's stamp, and traces the purchase to Mrs. Marvin, his grandmother. He returns the slipper to Cinderella, proposes, and they marry.
Cast & crew
More about A Modern Cinderella
J. Stuart Blackton is the credited director. Vitagraph released it on 7 June 1910. The negative is 977 feet. Mary Fuller plays Cinderella. Moving Picture World of 18 June 1910 described the lost slipper, a generous old lady as the fairy, and her grandson as the prince.
Themes
Making
Blackton kept the midnight rule and the slipper and changed the fairy into a visiting grandmother who can buy a dress in a shop.
Reviews
Moving Picture World, 18 June 1910, wrote that the old story had been brought up to date, lost slipper and all, with modern surroundings as prominent features.
Notes
- The slipper has the shoe dealer's name inside, which is how the grandson finds Mrs. Marvin.
- Cinderella denies the slipper is hers when he first asks.
- She runs at midnight with one shoe off.
- Moving Picture World said the old story was played in modern rooms, with the slipper still the clue.
- Jane is the selfish sister. Fuller is the only player named in the AFI cast.
Scenes
- Jane tells Cinderella she will look like a frump and should stay home.
- Mrs. Marvin sends her to the reception in a new outfit, due home at midnight.
- The grandson reads the dealer's stamp inside the lost slipper.
Influenced by
- Cinderella