Aspiring Cinderella Expert

The blog, the myth, the youtube channel. Breaking down the 200 ish film adaptations of Cinderella one by one in video essay form.

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Julie Andrews in Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (1957)

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Julie Andrews and Jon Cypher in Cinderella (1957)

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Did you know that the 1997 'Cinderella' starring Brandy is based not on an original Broadway show but a TV special starring Julie Andrews? In 1957 the famous Rogers and Hammerstein brought a brand new musical live to homes across America. Whilst the original was broadcast in colour to those who had a colour television on the east coast, only a low quality black and white copy remains. These colour images make me pine for what was lost - Julie's performance is stunning and I think it would have been a classic for the ages if it existed in a more accessible resolution.

Rogers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1957)

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Julie Andrews in Rogers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella (1957)

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Did you know that the 1997 'Cinderella' starring Brandy is based not on an original Broadway show but a TV special starring Julie Andrews? In 1957 the famous Rogers and Hammerstein brought a brand new musical live to homes across America. Whilst the original was broadcast in colour to those who had a colour television on the east coast, only a low quality black and white copy remains. These colour images make me pine for what was lost - Julie's performance is stunning and I think it would have been a classic for the ages if it existed in a more accessible resolution.

Rogers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1957)

[aspiringcinderellaexpert]

Did you know that the 1997 'Cinderella' starring Brandy is based not on an original Broadway show but a TV special starring Julie Andrews? In 1957 the famous Rogers and Hammerstein brought a brand new musical live to homes across America. Whilst the original was broadcast in colour to those who had a colour television on the east coast, only a low quality black and white copy remains. These colour images make me pine for what was lost - Julie's performance is stunning and I think it would have been a classic for the ages if it existed in a more accessible resolution.

Rogers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1957)

[aspiringcinderellaexpert]

Did you know that the 1997 'Cinderella' starring Brandy is based not on an original Broadway show but a TV special starring Julie Andrews? In 1957 the famous Rogers and Hammerstein brought a brand new musical live to homes across America. Whilst the original was broadcast in colour to those who had a colour television on the east coast, only a low quality black and white copy remains. These colour images make me pine for what was lost - Julie's performance is stunning and I think it would have been a classic for the ages if it existed in a more accessible resolution.

Rogers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1957)

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Why should a fellow want a girl like her  a frail and fluffy beauty  why can't a fellow ever once prefer a solid girl like me

She's a frothy little bubble  with a flimsy kind of charm  and with very little trouble  I could break her little arm

Oh, oh why would a fellow want a girl like her  so obviously unusual  why can't a fellow ever once prefer  a usual girl like me

-Stepsisters Lament

Rogers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1957)

[aspiringcinderellaexpert]

Did you know that the 1997 'Cinderella' starring Brandy is based not on an original Broadway show but a TV special starring Julie Andrews? In 1957 the famous Rogers and Hammerstein brought a brand new musical live to homes across America. Whilst the original was broadcast in colour to those who had a colour television on the east coast, only a low quality black and white copy remains. These colour images make me pine for what was lost - Julie's performance is stunning and I think it would have been a classic for the ages if it existed in a more accessible resolution.

Rogers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1957)

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Brandy as Cinderella in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella (1997)

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The iconic music from Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella destined it for fame. Written for television, it first hit screens in 1957 in a version starring a very young Julie Andrews. It was a smash hit leading to a successful 1965 remake starring the famous Ginger Rogers as the queen, a baton then passed to the inimitable Whoopi Goldberg in 1997 when the version best known today was released. Do you think we're due a new one? Or would that be... impossible...