Cinderella adaptations and references
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- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsMlle BarralBleuette BernonCarmelliA fairy godmother magically turns Cinderella's rags to a beautiful dress, and a pumpkin into a coach. Cinderella goes to the ball, where she meets the Prince - but will she remember to leave before the magic runs out?
- DirectorGeorge NicholsStarsFlorence La BadieHarry BenhamAnna RosemondA young woman forced into servitude by her family gets more than she bargained for when her fairy godmother magically permits her to go to the royal ball.
- DirectorJames KirkwoodStarsMary PickfordOwen MooreIsabel VernonThough mistreated by her cruel stepmother and stepsisters, Cinderella is able to attend the royal ball through the help of a fairy godmother.
- DirectorLotte ReinigerAnimated version by Lotte Reininger of the well known story of Cinderella who finds her prince with the help of a fairy godmother. The animated short film sticks very close to the source material.
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsColleen MooreLloyd HughesVera LewisElla Cinders, oppressed and abused by her stepmother and stepsisters, wins a contest for a film role in Hollywood. When the contest turns out to be fraudulent, she determines to stay and achieve Hollywood stardom the hard way.
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsJack MercerWilliam PennellBonnie PoeIn her only color cartoon, Betty Boop goes to the ball thanks to her fairy godmother; later, only her foot fits the glass slipper.
- DirectorHenry KosterStarsDeanna DurbinRobert StackEugene PalletteAn orphaned boarding school graduate secretly attends a prestigious ball, where she falls for the boyfriend of her snobbish cousin.
- DirectorNadezhda KosheverovaMikhail ShapiroStarsYanina ZheymoAleksey KonsovskiyErast GarinA young woman forced into servitude by her step-family gets a chance to attend the royal ball.
- DirectorClyde GeronimiWilfred JacksonHamilton LuskeStarsIlene WoodsJames MacDonaldEleanor AudleyWhen Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from the lovable mice Gus and Jaq and from her Fairy Godmother.
- DirectorCharles WaltersStarsLeslie CaronMichael WildingKeenan WynnTomboyish outcast "Cinder" Ella and the duke's charming son Charles fall in love in this comedic rendition of the classic fairy tale.
- DirectorRalph NelsonStarsJulie AndrewsIlka ChaseEdie AdamsAlthough mistreated by her cruel Stepmother (Ilka Chase) and stepsisters Portia (Kaye Ballard) and Joy (Alice Ghostley), Cinderella (Dame Julie Andrews) is able to attend the royal ball through the help of a Fairy Godmother (Edie Adams).
- DirectorCharles S. DubinStarsGinger RogersWalter PidgeonCeleste HolmAlthough mistreated by her cruel stepmother and stepsisters, Cinderella is able to attend the royal ball through the help of a fairy godmother.
- DirectorFrancesco RosiStarsSophia LorenOmar SharifGeorges WilsonIn 17th century Italy, a Spanish prince, who's searching for a bride, falls in-love with a beautiful local peasant girl.
- DirectorSüreyya DuruStarsZeynep DegirmenciogluSertan AcarSuna SelenThe adaptation of Cinderella.
- StarsBernard CowanBillie Mae RichardsPeggi LoderAn animated anthology series by Rankin/Bass, featuring adaptations of both folk tales and classic literature. Among the characters featured in various episodes were Cinderella, Hiawatha, Captain Nemo, Johnny Appleseed, Robin Hood, Puss in Boots, Paul Bunyan, Sleeping Beauty, Alice in Wonderland, Robinson Crusoe, Tom Sawyer, and Snow White.
- DirectorVáclav VorlícekStarsLibuse SafránkováPavel TrávnícekCarola BraunbockLife changes dramatically for a Czech housemaid when the family coachman gives her three magical hazelnuts.
- DirectorBryan ForbesStarsSherrie HewsonJohn TurnerRosalind AyresA musical retelling of the classic tale of Cinderella. In the tiny kingdom of Euphrania, the King and his court are anxious to get Prince Edward wed. But Edward wants to marry for love.
- DirectorWilliam A. GrahamStarsCharlayne WoodardCleavant DerricksMae MercerThis version of the Cinderella tale with an all-black cast has Cinderella, who wants to marry a dashing army officer, finding out out that her father, who she thought had an important job at a big hotel, is actually the men's room attendant. Her wicked stepmother finds out, too, and complications ensue.
- DirectorIvan AksenchukStarsTatyana ShabelnikovaIgor IvanovT. ShaposhnikovaCinderella is a poor girl suppressed by her evil stepmother and stepsisters. She dreams of dancing at the royal ball, and one day her dreams come true.
- DirectorJean-Pierre PonnelleStarsFrederica von StadeMargherita GuglielmiLaura ZanniniWhen the Prince and Cenerentola meet, it is love at first sight.
- DirectorJohn VernonStarsKathleen KuhlmannMarta TaddeiLaura ZanniniWhen Prince Ramiro and Cenerentola meet, it is love at first sight.
- DirectorRoberto MalenottiStarsBonnie BiancoPierre CossoSandra MiloIn this contemporary retelling of the Cinderella story, a feisty 18-year-old Italian-American New Yorker named Cindy is sent off to Rome with her irascible stepmother and vain stepsisters. On the way, she meets, and falls in love with, globetrotting bagpacker Mizio, who eventually turns out to be of Italian nobility. There's a fairy stand-in in the form of a spaced-out astrologer, a dance, and she even loses a shoe at one point. Care to venture a guess how it all turns out?
- DirectorMark CullinghamStarsJennifer BealsMatthew BroderickJean StapletonAn oppressed young woman finds happiness when she secretly attends the royal ball.
- StarsTheodore LehmannMitsuko HorieIchirô NagaiAn animated series retelling a different folk or fairy tale in each episode.