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Summary: love it
Review: I love this movie - I saw it forever ago and would look for it in the tv guide movie section every week when I lived at home and had cable - then when I moved out I'd look for it so my parents could tape it - FINALLY on a whim I looked for it here and VOILA! I now own my very own copy. It's great. My 4 year old even loves it.
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Summary: Cinderella almost doesn't get her man!
Review: This is a great movie. The whole family can watch it even though it isn't a cartoon. My children love this movie and sing the songs. One of the best sceens is when the prince and his squire go to the royal crypt. It's a terrific song and dance number. Oh! Don't worry true love wins in the end, it just takes a little longer than usual.
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Summary: Looked for this movie for years.
Review: I was 4 when this movie came out and my parents took me to see it. I loved it. I remembered it. Every once in awhile they had it on TV but they had stuff cut out. I bought it and was thrilled with it. I LOVE IT. I remembered the songs and the movie. I want the soundtrack now. Thank you Amazon!
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Summary: An almost-perfect movie
Review: This movie has been a favorite of my family for over 20 years -- it was never adequately appreciated, and it's a blessing that it is finally available on video! Of course, little girls who thrill to the story of Cinderella, and who love beautiful costumes and magic will be delighted. However, the movie offers much more -- including for adults. The King and his ensemble performing "We must be protocol-ogorically [sp?] correct" is worth the price of admission itself! They are delightful. The fairy godmother is the best I've ever seen in a Cinderella story -- completely appealing! And -- what can be said of Richard Chamberlain, except that he makes an utterly charming and hansome Prince Charming. He's handsome, he's funny, he's athletic, he sings well ~~ and he should capture the heart of any princess. A THOROUGHLY WONDERFUL AND BEAUTIFUL MOVIE!
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Summary: Reading the Other Reviews was a Pleasant Surprise...
Review: because when this movie premiered in NYC years ago, it was panned pretty badly. Like one of the other reviewers, I too was in the Radio City Music Hall audience, as one of my cousins had gotten free tickets to see it. I know I saw it at least once on TV, on the late late show. Unlike the other members of my family, I thought "The Slipper and the Rose" was a pretty good movie. Richard Chamberlain was very appealing as the Prince, and the songs are quite memorable and tuneful. While I couldn't say it's the best movie musical I've ever seen, I nonetheless would recommend "The Slipper and the Rose" as a nice piece of entertainment.
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Summary: The Slipper and the Rose
Review: The Slipper and the Rose, is a timeless classic. With music and lyrics composed by the award winning (Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) duo the Sherman Brothers. Fans of the popular British comedy, One Foot in the Grave, will love Annette Crosby as Cinderella's Fairy Godmother. Any fans of any of the old black and white classic British War films will most certainly enjoy seeing Kennith Moore in the very comedic role of the Lord Chamberlain. Michael Horden is marvelous as the senile old King and Margaret Lockwood is the perfect (evil) wicked stepmother.
Having searched through more than a thouand candidates for Cinderella, Gemma Craven was eventually cast. Anyone who sees Slipper and the Rose will understand immediately why. She is the absolute model of beauty, grace and kindness everything Cinderella ought to be. Last but not least, after you have seen this musical version of Cinderalla you will never be able to envision anyone but the extremely talented Richard Chamberlain as anyones' Prince Charming.
Slipper and the Rose will make you laugh, cry, and want to sing along with the marvelous characters in this wonderful adaptation of the Grimm Brothers most famous of fairy stories.
It will become a classic that you will want to own forever and pass down to your children and grand-children.
Enjoy!
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Summary: Best Cinderella Story ever
Review: I remember seeing this move at a premier in Radio City Music Hall. I loved it then, and I still do. I never saw this come out in the general theaters -- even though I watched for it. It was years before I got to see it again -- on TV. I'm so glad it's out on DVD -- now I can watch it whenever I want. The story line is much better than the original Cinderella story -- especially when you get to what should be the "they lived happily ever after" part. And young ladies -- check out the slipper. My daughter wants a duplicate for her wedding some day!
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Summary: Truly Magical & Romantic Movie - Best Cinderella Ever!!!
Review: I first saw that movie when I was in second grade and I remember putting "Gemma Craven" (the actress, who plays Cinderella) as my "Favorite Actress" in my diary. I have seen this movie so many times now and I can watch it over and over again... The music is amazing (by the Sherman Brothers, who also wrote "Mary Poppins" and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"). The story is so detailed and realistic for those times and full of humor and subtle irony. Everytime I watch that movie I find another detail that makes me smile - it is definitely not only for children, but also for adults with a big heart. It was produced with a love to detail. The costumes and the scenery are truly magical and splendid. There are no words to really describe the beauty of them. The dancing scenes are wonderfully choreographed and danced. The actors not only play their roles - they ARE them. I would not change one single actor - they all are so unique and could not have been chosen better: I love the slightly confused King, the wicked but stylish Stepmother, the loveable Fairy Godmother and of course Richard Chamberlain as the charming Prince and Gemma Craven as the beautiful and touching Cinderella. I can unconditionally recommend that movie. I have seen most Cinderella movies (old and new, musical and fairy tale, ballet versions etc.) and this is my most favorite!
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Summary: Good story, songs lack
Review: I heard a few of the songs from this show on "Cinderella: Songs from the Classic Fairy Tale", and I immediately wanted to see it. The story is good--much more fleshed out than the Rodgers and Hammerstein version, and the acting was good, too, especially the Fairy Godmother. However, with the exception of the Prince, the singing was not quite what I would have liked to hear in a musical production. It seemed as though most of the other characters (sometimes even Cinderella)preferred to "talk-sing" a la Rex Harrison in "My Fair Lady". I thought that was a shame, because the songs are quite beautiful. Other than that, the costumes and period in which this film is set are delights in themselves.
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Summary: Wonderful cast with one exception
Review: There are many good things to be said about this movie, and most of the other reviewers have already addressed them. However, I do feel that Geema Craven was mis-cast as Cinderella. In a cast of dominant and assured personalities, she seemed out of place, shy and quiet. And her height did not help in her getting noticed, especially during the ballroom scene. Also, I felt that her character lacked depth, even compared to some of the more minor characters. She has a beautiful voice, but during the speacking scenes, she was rather quiet and withdrawn. The costumes were wonderful, but it seemed that the costume designer had a pink fetish. In the ballroom scene alone, there had to have been ten pink gowns, at least, and that's not counting the men's costumes. Everything else about the film was superb though. The songs have catchy tunes, and the movie incorporates the right amount of humor. And I find it interesting to have had the story center around the prince, rather than Cinderella. This still remains one of my favorite musicals of all time.
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