Walt Disney first adapted Charles Perrault's fairy tale Cinderella as part of his series of cartoon shorts for the Laugh-O-Gram Studio in 1922.[14] He was interested in producing a second version in December 1933 as a Silly Symphony short; Burt Gillett was attached as the director while Frank Churchill was assigned as the composer. A story outline included "white mice and birds" as Cinderella's playmates. To expand the story, storyboard artists suggested visual gags, some of which ended up in the final film.[15] However, by early 1938, the story proved to be too complicated to be condensed into a short so it was suggested as a potential animated feature film, starting with a fourteen-page outline written by Al Perkins.[16][17] Two years later, a second treatment was written by Dana Cofy and Bianca Majolie, in which Cinderella's stepmother was named Florimel de la Pochel; her stepsisters as Wanda and Javotte; her pet mouse Dusty and pet turtle Clarissa; the stepsisters' cat Bon Bob; the Prince's aide Spink, and the stepsisters' dancing instructor Monsieur Carnewal. This version stuck closely to the original fairy tale until Cinderella arrives home late from the second ball. Her stepfamily then imprisons Cinderella in a dungeon cellar. When Spink and his troops arrive at the la Pochel residence, Dusty takes the slipper and leads them to free Cinderella.[18]
Swing Shift Cinderella is a 1945 MGM animated cartoon short subject directed by Tex Avery.[3] The plot involves the Big Bad Wolf and Cinderella. Frank Graham voiced the wolf, and Sara Berner voiced both Cinderella and The Fairy Grandmother, with Imogene Lynn providing the former's singing voice.[4]
At the beginning of the cartoon, the Big Bad Wolf is chasing Little Red Riding Hood. But then Little Red Riding Hood stops and points out that the two of them are in the wrong cartoon. (Reprising a similar gag from another Avery short released earlier the same year, The Screwy Truant.) The Wolf shoos her away and decides to go and meet Cinderella (played by Red from Red Hot Riding Hood; with a voice sounding like Bette Davis). He takes a taxi to her house and immediately falls in love with her upon seeing her, but she sternly rebuffs him. Eventually, Cinderella calls her Fairy Godmother (whose voice is reminiscent of Barbara Jo Allen's) to get rid of him and set her up for that night's ball. The second the Fairy Godmother hears that there is a Wolf, she rushes right over. The Fairy Godmother traps the Wolf, then gives Cinderella a red evening gown and transforms a pumpkin into a Woodie for her to go the ball, but tells Cinderella that she has to get home by midnight (just like in the classic fairy tale).
From Robert Niles
Posted May 12, 2011 at 9:43 PMOkay, I've seen this image three times today, so being the party pooper that I am, it's time for me to shoot it down.Here's the image: a darling compilation of images from Walt Disney's Cinderella and the recent royal wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, showing how life imitates art.Unfortunately, it's a Photoshop job. Here's the original image of Cinderella and her Prince, from the animated film:And here are the step-sisters:Someone swapped the colors to make them match the outfits and hair color of the royal family from last month's wedding. Nice job, but it isn't the example of life imitating art that some fans have believed.To be fair though, the Duchess really is as thin as a cartoon princess. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle []).push();From Lauren Hayhurst
Posted May 13, 2011 at 1:18 AMNice one Robert! I would have been duped except Cinderella's hair is blond, everyone knows that! Pretty convincing attempt though...and Beatrice and Eugaine's hats certainly did belong to the Ugly Sisters.From Ashleigh Noad
Posted May 13, 2011 at 2:38 AMHaha, I agree with Lauren there about the hats. The comparison of Eugenie and Beatrice to the ugly step-sisters is clever, I wouldn't have thought of that!From Lauren Hayhurst
Posted May 13, 2011 at 6:19 AMHa ha, I agree! I do think Kate and Will were very fairytale though - did you watch the footage on the day? The horse drawn carriage was gorgeous and her dress...The lace and embroidery were so beautiful. I think I enjoyed it mostly because my husband and I celebrated our 1st wedding anniversary the very next day, so it was to get in the wedding-mood! There were no ugly sisters at my wedding though... (And I got married in purple, more Jasmin than Cinderelly!)From Jeff Elliott
Posted May 13, 2011 at 6:43 AMIf you want something else that is pretty funny about the royal wedding (and somewhat related to Cinderella), here is a link to an article about "Operation Pumpkin" _pumpkin/Pretty certain this one is fake...yet funny...although it took me all of the way to the last paragraph before I was like, Hey, wait a minute...From Robert Niles
Posted May 13, 2011 at 6:54 AMAwesome link, Jeff!From Lauren Hayhurst
Posted May 13, 2011 at 7:44 AMThat is HILARIOUS. I loved:"Clarence House wanted a full mile," says our source. "But we said come on, play fair, she's in her wedding dress and there has to be some limit on the overtime budget."And 'on-the-spot reconcilliation'... classic. From Terri Pierce
Posted May 13, 2011 at 3:15 PMThe hair is what caught my attention. They shouldnt have changed it to such a dark brown and more people would have just accepted it. From Anthony Murphy
Posted May 13, 2011 at 4:40 PMI am such a dork that I caught the photoshop ;/Tweet
As a matter of fact, there is a certain resemblance between the character of Caliph Oman in La Rosa di Bagdad and the short-tempered father of Prince Charming in Walt Disney's Cinderella; they may not look completely identical, but the attitude, the vibe, the range of facial expressions and the general feeling may appear particularly analogue to cartoon-sensitive people. What's even more bizarre is that, according to official reports, the role and looks of Caliph Oman were officially inspired by the Sultan of Basra from the 1940 historical fantasy movie The Thief of Bagdad, but - funnily enough, Cinderella's King resembles late actor Miles Malleson more closely than Caliph Oman himself.
There are a ton of cartoon characters that start with C and I tried to come up with a good list. I am listing a bunch of Disney characters that start with C as well as Pixar, Nickelodeon and other cartoon characters.