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- BFI identifier45442
- Date1976 (Copyright)
1976-04-11 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisSet in Euphrania where Prince Edward, heir to the throne, only wishes to marry for love. He meets Cinderella at the 'bride-finding ball' and determines, despite objections from his parents and the Lord Chamberlain, to marry her. (Synopsis)
- Work historyChosen as the Royal Command Performance motion picture selection for 1976. There are no songs credited on screen. According to some sources, the song listing on the soundtrack album is the following: 'Why Can't I Be Two People?' Composed by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman Performed by Richard Chamberlain 'What Has Love To Do With Getting Married?' Composed by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman Performed by Michael Hordern, Lally Bowers, Edith Evans, Julian Orchard 'Once I Was Loved' Composed by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman Performed by Gemma Craven 'What A Comforting Thing To Know' Composed by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman Performed by Richard Chamberlain and Christopher Gable 'Protocoligorically Correct' Composed by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman Performed by Michael Hordern, Kenneth More, Peter Graves and Tim Barrett 'A Bride Finding Ball' Composed by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman Performed by Richard Chamberlain and Julian Orchard 'Suddenly It Happens' Composed by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman Performed by Annette Crosbie and Gemma Craven 'Secret Kingdom' Composed by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman Performed by Richard Chamberlain and Gemma Craven 'He Danced With Me/She Danced With Me' Composed by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman Performed by Gemma Craven and Richard Chamberlain 'Position and Positioning' Composed by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman Performed by Christopher Gable, John Turner, Paul Schmitzburger, Jenny Lee Wright and Peter Leeming 'Tell Him Anything (But Not That I Love Him)' Composed by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman Performed by Gemma Craven 'I Can't Forget The Melody' Composed by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman Performed by Gemma Craven 'Secret Kingdom (Reprise)' Composed by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman Performed by Richard Chamberlain and Gemma Craven
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- CreditsDirected by: Bryan Forbes
©: Paradine Co-Productions Limited
Presents: Paradine Co-Productions Limited
view all - CastRichard Chamberlain (Prince Edward)
Gemma Craven (Cinderella)
Annette Crosbie (Fairy Godmother)
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Title
The Slipper and the Rose The Story of Cinderella (Original)
Cinderella (Working)
The Story of Cinderella (Working)
The Slipper and the Rose (Alternative)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/FF07-A612-DF60-FA22-D7AE-GCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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35mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Master
35mm Acetate - Combined - Master
35mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Master
35mm Colour Positive - Safety - Sound - Status pending
35mm Colour Positive - CTA - Combined - Master
16mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Master
35mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Master
35mm BW Negative - Safety - Mute - Master
35mm Negative - Safety - Sound - Master
view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Script type: Domestic version/ export script - SCR-16261
Ephemera: publicity - PBS-45442
Ephemera: publicity - PBM-45442
Medium and small pressbooks held.
view all - Posters / DesignsDesign: costume - Design for Cinderella (Gemma Craven) in the marriage scene. Eighteenth-century court style wedding dress in white satin with lace ruffle sleeves. Silver and pearl embroidery on skirt and bodice. Signed by the artist with fabric swatches attached. - PD-14773
Design: costume - Design for a princess at the ball - PD-22817
Design: costume - The Queen (Lally Bowers). Ball dress with gold embroidery. Drawing on paper. (Swatch attached). - SPD-5111582
view all - StillsPhotograph: print - Portrait - Black and White - bfi-00o-bm0
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00o-ad7
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00o-ad6
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00o-ad5
Photograph: transparency - Portrait - Colour - bfi-00o-ad4
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- Books
- Digital documentsBFI Southbank programme notes April 2015
available to view in BFI Reuben Library
- +The Slipper and the Rose The Story of Cinderella
Work - 45442 - 1976 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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