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“It would take the enchanted magic of Walt Disney and his extraordinary team to revitalize a story as old as Cinderella. Yet, in 1950, Disney and his animators did just that with this version of the classic tale. Sparkling songs, high-production value and bright voice performances have made this film a classic from its premiere.”
Walt Disney's Cinderella premiered in 1950, a Technicolor feature that arrived at a pivotal moment for the studio, restoring its fortunes after a string of costly wartime and package films. Adapted from the Charles Perrault fairy tale, it reestablished the animated musical fairy tale as Disney's signature form and introduced songs and imagery that became part of the studio's core visual identity for decades to come. Its success helped fund the studio's expansion into television and theme parks in the following years, cementing its place as a cornerstone release in American animation history.
This cell carries the name Cinderella herself, the title character whose story of patience, kindness, and transformation anchors the entire feature and made her one of the most recognized figures to come out of the Disney animation studio. As a piece simply identified by her name rather than a specific scene, it represents her as an icon rather than a captured incident, the kind of general character cell collectors seek to represent the film's heroine in its purest, most encompassing form.
