Cinderella Comparison

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Signature Bluray
(Included with 4K)
Diamond Bluray Platinum DVD Masterpiece LaserDisc

Diane Disney Miller Introduction (HD, 1 minute)

Audio Commentary

Picture-in-picture track with audio based on transcripts.

Try This Trivia On For Size (HD, 4:48)

Actors from Sydney to the Max tell trivia.
"From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella" (39 minutes).

The Cinderella That Almost Was (14:08)

Don Hahn discusses various ideas considered for earlier Cinderella adaptations, specifically a late 1930s rendition. Included a music instructor character also seen on the laserdisc supplements.

From Walt's Table: A Tribute to the Nine Old Men (22 minutes)

is a fitting Tribute to the legendary Disney animators
The Art of Mary Blair
Storyboard to film comparison: The Opening Sequence
1922 Cinderella Laugh-o-gram (seems to appear twice on the LD?)
39. Clip From "The Mickey Mouse Club" With Helene Stanley (Original Airdate: January 24, 1956)
six theatrical and re-issue trailers. (To be cross-checked)
Reconstructed deleted songs: The Cinderella Work Song, Dancing on a Cloud
Cinderella Alternate Opening Sequence (HD, 1 minutes)

"The Real Fairy Godmother"

About Mary Alice, who inspired the Fairy Godmother
Behind the Magic: A New Disney Princess Fantasyland explores Disney's renovation and expansion of Fantasyland.(Backstage Disney)

The Magic of a Glass Slipper: A Cinderella Story

Short film about shoe designer Christian Louboutin
Classic Music & More (Audio Only, 32 minutes): Archive audio recordings of the "Cinderella Title Song," seven "Unused Songs," a "Village Store" excerpt from 1948, a "Gulf Oil Presents" excerpt from 1950, and a "Scouting the Stars" news program from 1950.
DisneyView (HD): Artwork by Disney background painter Cristy Maltese
Tangled Ever After (HD, 6 minutes)
Still frame and slideshow galleries
Cinderella and Perry Como
House of Royalty: Sally learns how to be a princess
The Royal Life: DVD-ROM design studio
Princess Pajama Jam
ESPN Classic's Cinderella Stories
Music videos: Disney's Circle of Stars "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes," "Every Girl Can Be a Princess" featuring Disney's animated princesses
3. 1933 Silly Symphony Version / 17. 1933 Silly Symphony Version
4. Storyboards And Story Development
5. Influence Of World War II
6. Return To The Classics
(To be cross-checked with BD/DVD music feature) 7. Music
8. Abandoned Storyboard Sequences
9. Voice Talent
10. Live-Action Reference Footage
11. Art Design, Layouts And Backgrounds
12. Animation (???)
18. 1940 Story Concepts
19. Sequence Breakdown And Storyboards: Seq. 1.2: Introducing (Starting The Day)
20. Abandoned Storyboard Sequence: The Music Lesson
23-35. Character Designs
36. Preliminary Design Concepts
37. Layouts And Backgrounds
38. Live-Action Test Footage
40. Production Photo Gallery
42. Publicity: Posters, Lobby Cards and 1950 Pressbook
43. Merchandising
44. 1950 Sunday Color Comic Strip
Music and Effects Track

Purist Remarks

Starting from 2005, a smudged «restoration» had pretty much erased details, one of the most egregious examples of this trend. The 1995 CAV Laserdisc was a better option, but even the VHS was an improvement to my eye.

Fortunately, a 4K UHD restoration released in 2023 reversed this trend, becoming for now the definitive version and setting a gold standard that all others should aspire to.

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