Cinderella (1950)


Cinderella
Release Date15 February 1950
Budget$3,000,000
US Box Office$34,000,000
TaglineThe greatest love story ever told. (1957 reissue)
GenreAnimation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeAnimated
Film ClassFairy Tales & Legends, Children's Fantasy, Animated Musical
Niche GenreChildren's/Family
ThemesCurses and Spells, Cinderella Stories
TonesFanciful, Stylized, Lavish, Light, Heartwarming
TagsBall [dance], Fairy Godmother, Fairy Tale Romance, Love Conquers All, Prince, Romance, Stepmother, Stepsister

Cinderella is a 1950 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and based on the fairy tale "Cendrillon" by Charles Perrault. Twelfth in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the film had a limited release on February 15, 1950 by RKO Radio Pictures. Directing credits go to Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske and Wilfred Jackson. Songs were written by Mack David, Jerry Livingston, and Al Hoffman. Songs in the film include "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes", "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo", "So This Is Love", "Sing Sweet Nightingale", "The Work Song", and "Cinderella".


Cast and Crew


Lady Tremaine

Rhoda Williams
Drizella

James MacDonald
Jaques, Bruno, Gus

King, Grand Duke

Don Barclay
Doorman

Anastasia

Marion Darlington
Birds

Prince Charming

Narrator

Earl Keen
Bruno

Clint McCauley
Mouse

William Phipps
Prince Charming

Thurl Ravenscroft
Additional Voices

Helen Seibert
Mouse

Additional Voices

June Sullivan
Mouse

Lucille Williams
Perla - a Mouse

John Woodbury
Additional Voices

Director

Clyde Geronimi
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Wilfred Jackson
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Hamilton Luske
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Erdman Penner

Ted Sears

Winston Hibler

Homer Brightman

Harry Reeves

Ken Anderson

Joe Rinaldi

Producer

Amy J. Bailey
line producer: Lowry Digital Images

Original Music

Paul J. Smith
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Oliver Wallace
-

Editor

Donald Halliday
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Production Manager

David Candiff
post-production manager

Ben Sharpsteen
production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Mike Holoboff
assistant director

Larry Lansburgh
assistant director

Ted Sebern
assistant director

Sound Department

Robert O. Cook
sound recordist

Erik Flockoi
sound recordist: restoration

Andreas K. Meyer
sound restoration: Sony Music Studios

Terry Porter
sound re-recording mixer: restoration

Keith Rogers
sound re-recording mixer: restoration

C.O. Slyfield
sound director

Harold J. Steck
sound recordist

Visual Effects

Jack Boyd
effects animator

Rachel Clement
restoration artist: restoration

April McMorris
digital producer: restoration

Joshua Meador
effects animator

George Rowley
effects animator

Bruce Tauscher
digital color timing supervisor: restoration

Animation Department

Hal Ambro
character animator

Dick Anthony
background artist

Mary Blair
color and styling

Tim Campbell
animation research library: restoration

Fox Carney
animation research library: restoration

Les Clark
directing animator

Claude Coats
color and styling

Tom Codrick
layout artist

Merle Cox
background artist

Don DaGradi
color and styling

Marc Davis
directing animator

Phil Duncan
character animator

animation research library: restoration

Norman Ferguson
directing animator

Hugh Fraser
character animator

Don Griffith
layout artist

Ann Hansen
animation research library: restoration

John Hench
color and styling

Hugh Hennesy
layout artist

Ray Huffine
background artist

Ralph Hulett
background artist

directing animator

Milt Kahl
directing animator

Tamara Khalaf
animation research library: restoration

Ward Kimball
directing animator

Hal King
character animator

Eric Larson
directing animator

John Lounsbery
directing animator

Don Lusk
character animator

Brice Mack
background artist

Fred Moore
character animator

George Nicholas
character animator

Lance Nolley
layout artist

Cliff Nordberg
character animator

Ken O'Brien
character animator

Kendall O'Connor
layout artist

Charles Philippi
layout artist

Vivian G. Procopio
animation research library: restoration

Thor Putnam
layout artist

Wolfgang Reitherman
directing animator

Art Riley
background artist

Lella Smith
animation research library: restoration

McLaren Stewart
layout artist

directing animator

Harvey Toombs
character animator

Matt Tsugawa
animation research library: restoration

Judge Whitaker
character animator

Thelma Witmer
background artist

Marvin Woodward
character animator

Edwin Aardal
animator

Blaine Gibson
animator

Jerry Hathcock
animator

Dan MacManus
animator

John McManus
animator

Editorial Department

Cory Hansen
post-production coordinator: restoration

Timothy Peeler
digital colorist: restoration

Music Department

Mack David
songs by

Joseph Dubin
orchestrator

Al Hoffman
songs by

Jerry Livingston
songs by

Paul J. Smith
musical director

Al Teeter
music editor

Oliver Wallace
musical director

Lyn Murray
music arranger: vocals

Edward H. Plumb
orchestrator

Other Crew

Robert Bagley
restoration team

presenter

live action model: Fairy Godmother

special processes

Bridgid O'Donnell
restoration specialist

live action model: Cinderella and Anastasia

live action model: Lady Tremaine

Marie Dasnoit
secretary

Eloise Tobelman
secretary

Rhoda Williams
live action model: Drizella

Ruth Wright
secretary

Production Company

Walt Disney Productions
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Distributor

RKO Radio Pictures

RKO Radio Pictures

Buena Vista Film Distribution Company

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Walt Disney Home Video
,

Buena Vista Home Entertainment

Gativideo

Buena Vista Home Entertainment (BVHE)

Kingdom

RKO

Miscellaneous

Library of Congress, Motion Picture Conservation Center
acknowledgment: restoration

Lowry Digital Images
restoration

Technicolor Digital Intermediates
digital mastering

Buena Vista Sound
sound re-recording

Sony Music Studios
sound restoration






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