Cinderella or The Glass Slipper
About Cinderella or The Glass Slipper
Cinderella is kept from the ball by her stepmother and stepsisters. Her fairy godmother dresses her and sends her. She flees at midnight and loses a glass slipper. The prince's messenger tries it on until it fits. Georges Méliès directed and plays that messenger. The French title is Cendrillon ou la Pantoufle merveilleuse. Louise Lagrange plays Cinderella.
Cast & crew
More about Cinderella or The Glass Slipper
Shot in the summer and autumn of 1912 under Charles Pathé, and released in France on January 3, 1913. This file keeps 1912. Pathé distributed it. Ferdinand Zecca edited. The listed length is 24 minutes. A remake of Méliès's 1899 Cinderella, both from Perrault. Effects use stage machinery, dissolves, and substitution splices. Jacques Feyder and Marthe Vinot are billed.
Themes
Technique
Stage machinery, dissolves, and substitution splices for the transformations.
Preservation
A print survives.
Notes
- Méliès is the messenger with the slipper, not the prince.
- Lagrange is Cinderella. Feyder is billed with her.
- The 1899 film is the earlier version, not this negative.
- Zecca cut it for Pathé.
Scenes
- Méliès, as the messenger, tries the slipper until it fits.
Influenced by
- Charles Perrault's "Cinderella
- Méliès's Cinderella (1899)
