But even though she had her sad moments, she still stood rather strong all the way through. With Cinderella, you could see the hurt and see the feeling. "If you don't believe in her, it doesn't matter how good or funny or interesting the rest of the characters are-the picture just doesn't work. "Cinderella carries the story," stated animator Marc Davis who worked on the character. While not quite a feminist role model, Cinderella was more an independent and proactive woman than her predecessor Snow White had been, but like the women of the post-war era, she still longed for the ideal of marrying a prince and living happily ever after. The success of Cinderella provided a financial boost to the Disney studio when it needed it most. The story has had hundreds and hundreds of versions over the centuries, but the Disney team decided to focus on Charles Perrault's version that introduced the Fairy Godmother, the transformation of the pumpkin and mice into a coach and horses and, more importantly, glass slippers.īy the time Cinderella appeared in 1950, the world had changed significantly, with women having become more independent after their experiences in the work place and the military during World War II. Walt told the press, "People always like to root for Cinderella and the prince." #AT THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT CINDERELLA QUOTE FULL#It would be the first single story full length animated feature from the studio since Bambi (1942). Walt decided that Cinderella had many similar elements to his previous success with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and took a gamble to commit all of the studio's resources to the film. In development at the studio were three animated feature film projects: Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan and Cinderella. The package feature films that were released quickly and cheaply only generated barely enough money to keep the studio open. While Princess Cinderella may have found her prince to save her from a life of rags and drudgery, in the process of doing so she saved Walt Disney's debt-ridden studio from going out of business.īy 1947, the studio–still suffering from lack of sufficient income during World War II–was over four million dollars in debt and was on the verge of bankruptcy.
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