When Cinderella is a young girl, her widowed father marries Lady Tremaine, a widow with two daughters of her own, but dies shortly after. Jealous of her stepdaughter's beauty and determined to … 展开

• Ilene Woods as Cinderella, a well-meaning and hard-working young woman who is reduced to being a servant by her stepmother and stepsisters.
• Eleanor Audley 展开

Story development
Walt Disney first adapted Charles Perrault's 1697 fairy tale "Cinderella" as part of his cartoon shorts series for the Laugh-O-Gram Studio in 1922. He was interested in producing a second version in December 1933 as a 展开

In 1946, story artist and part-time lyricist Larry Morey joined studio music director Charles Walcott to compose the songs. Cinderella would sing three songs: "Sing a Little, Dream a Little" while overloaded with work, "The Mouse Song" as she dressed the mice, and … 展开

The film was originally released in theaters on February 15, 1950, in Boston, Massachusetts. It also screened at the inaugural edition of the Berlin International Film Festival in June 1951, where it won the Golden Bear for Best Music Film. Cinderella was re … 展开

• A direct-to-video sequel Cinderella II: Dreams Come True was released in 2002.
• A second direct-to-video sequel Cinderella III: A Twist in Time was released in 2007.
• Several characters from the film have appeared as guests in the television series House of Mouse, … 展开

Smithsonian magazine discussed how Cinderella endures and resonates, saying: "Dozens of other filmmakers have borrowed elements of the tale, starting as early as 1899 with a French version directed by the pioneering filmmaker Georges Méliès 展开