Cinderella (Walt Disney's Masterpiece) [VHS]

Nice DVD, color, and arrived very fast.

Classics are the best. I won't let my young girls watch most of the crap coming out of Disney lately, but is good to own the classics.

If you had to get a Disney princess movie, this one and Snow White are the best. Sleeping beauty comes in 3rd because the story is changed enough.But the first two I suggest here are the ones that stick to the original Germanic stories the best. I’ve read 3 slightly different versions, but they’re all basically the same, and this follows it. She is depicted quite well, beautiful, gracious, kind, forgiving, hard working, grateful, sings - all things Germanic people value in a woman. And her step mother and sisters really are the worst. She does indeed catch the eye of the Prince and does marry him basically as the story is told. Disney added animal characters that talk and do stuff, which is fine. That change doesn’t detract from the moral or lesson of the story.It does set a good example for little girls.

Was a must for the family to own. Enjoyable to watch.

Cinderella is one hour and thirteen minutes and was released in theaters on February 15, 1950. Cinderella is the of a beautiful woman who has become a maid in her own home due to her stepmother squandering the family fortune own her own daughters. One day an invitation to the ball arrives and the wicked stepmother tells Cinderella that only "if" she gets her chores done then she can goes to the ball. It is late at night and her chores are done, but has little time to get her dress done. Unbeknown to her the mousses and birds have got her dress ready for her. Cinderella rushes down stairs to go to the ball but her stepsisters tear apart her dress. Cinderella runs to the garden and begins to cry. Cinderella's fairy godmother appears and gets her ready for the ball. The best part about this movie is the rescue scene where Jaq and Gus steal the key from the stepmother and get it all away to the top of the stairs to rescue Cinderella. This was Disney's first full length animated film in eight years. This was the first Disney movie that the famous Nine Old Men worked on together. Now the only thing that I dislike about this two DVD set is disc two. It is information overkill and half of this stuff can go. The movie Cinderella gets an AAAAA+++++.DVD EXTRASDisc 1PlayScene SelectionBonus Features1. Cinderella Stories Present by ESPN Classica. Play All (33 minutes and 40 seconds)b. New York Jest - Superbowl IIIc. Peled. 1980 Olympic Hockey Teame. Mia Hammf. North Carolina State University - 1983 NCAA Finalsg. Venus and Serena Williamsh. Kirk Gibson - 1988 World Seriesi. Jackie Joyner - Kerseej. Villanova University - 1985 NCAA Finalsk. Lance Armstrong2. Music & Morea. Play All (9 minutes and 25 seconds)b. "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes" Music Video performed by Disney Channel "Circle of Stars"c. The Making of the Music Videod. "Every Girl can be a Princess" Music Video featuring Disney Animated PrincessesSet Up1. Audio Optionsa. Dinsey Enhanced Home Theater Mixi. English 5.1ii. French 5.1iii. Spanish 5.1b. Restored Original Theatrical Soundtrack2. Captionsa. English for the Hearing Impairedb. None3. Register Your DVDSneak Peeks1. Lady and the Tramp2. Chicken Little3. Cinderella III4. Disney Princesses: A Christmas of Enchantment5. The Little Mermaid6. Bambi and the Great Prince of the Forest7. Kronk's New Groove8. Toy Story9. Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin10. CarsDisc 2 PreviewDisc 2Deleted Scenes1. Play All (9 minutes and 50 seconds)2. Introduction3. The Cinderella Work Song4. Dancing On A CloudMusic & More1. Cinderella and Perry Como (6 minutes and 30 seconds)2. Cinderella Title Song (2 minutes and 10 seconds)3. Unused Songsa. Play All (17 minutes and 20 seconds)b. Sing A Little, Dream A Littlec. I'm In the Middle of a Muddled. The Mouse Songe. The Dress My Mother Woref. Dancing on a Cloudg. I Lost My Heart at the Ballh. The Face That I See in the Night4. Radio Programsa. Play All (12 minutes and 15 seconds)b. Village Store Excerpt Original Air Date March 25, 1948c. Gulf Oil Presets Original Air Date 1950d. Scouting the Stars Original Air Date February 23, 1950Games & Activities1. House of Royaltya. Play All (17 minutes and 55 seconds)b. Look Like A Princessc. Live Like A Princessd. Act Like A Princess2. The Royal Life3. Princess Pajama JamBackstage Disney1. From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella2. Play All (38 minutes and 40 seconds)a. A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makesb. Of Mice and Nine Old Menc. A Perfect Fit: The Voices of Cinderellad. Musically Eve After3. The Cinderella That Almost Was4. From Walt's Table: A Tribute to Disney's Nine Old Man5. The Art of Mary Blair6. Storyboard to film Comparison: Opening Sequence7. Cinderella Galleriesa. Viewing Optionsi. Still Frame Galleries1. Visual Development2. Mary Blair Art3. Character Designa. Cinderellab. Fairy Godmotherc. Stepmotherd. Stepsisterse. Jaq and Gusf. Luciferg. Princeh. Miscellaneousii. Slideshow Galleries1. Visual Development2. Mary Blair Art3. Character Designa. Cinderellab. Fairy Godmotherc. Stepmotherd. Stepsisterse. Jaq and Gusf. Luciferg. Princeh. Miscellaneousiii. Costume Designiv. Storyboard Artv. Layouts and Backgroundsvi. Live Actin Referencevii. Production Photosviii. Publicity8. 1922 Laugh-O-Grams: Cinderella9. Excerpt from the "Mickey Mouse Club" with Helene Stanley (Original Airdate: January 24, 1956)10. Theatrical Trailersa. Play All (9 minutes)b. 1950 Original Release Trailerc. 1965 Reissue Trailerd. 1973 Reissue Trailere. 1981 Reissue Trailerf. 1987 Reissue Trailer #1g. 1987 Reissue Trailer #211. Dreams Come True: See How You Can Get InvolvedVHS PREVIEWS1. Toy Story2. The Santa Clause3. Pocahontas

Well they restored the negative a while back for previous releases, but they had a company completely recolor the films and degrain everything. Safe to say it was a weird modernization that most purists did not like. Anything shot on 35mm was subject to this process of some sort. Many of the films did not fare well, some of them being utter disasters, e.g., The Sword in the Stone.But now we have what looks like the most faithful image to the negative that anybody has seen. They again rescanned the elements, and professionally processed the scans, yielding proper tones and colors; finally that clean and lovely silver blue dress is as it should always be, and line art has been faithfully restored as well.You don't have to ask to many questions here. This is a SUPERB transfer among Disney's best. It's only the second grainy film behind The Little Mermaid (1989) to be released on 4K so far, but it's among the best transfers you will see this year. Absolutely stunning.The audio seems more or less the same from previous releases, but that's not really a bad thing in my book. This release comes with a remastered bluray. I for one am keeping all my old slips and steels because they are worth quite a bit. The packaging of the slip here is pretty nice for current Disney, but it just has a little embossing on the titles and 100 logo. Nothing like what we had in the bluray age with debossing and embossing and all kinds of cool details on slips along with the best steels we have ever seen. Sad to say the steelbook for this 4K release is one of the worst ever made. Stay clear of that thing.Overall, a mesmerizing accomplishment. Cinderella finally looks like it should. The slip and packaging are very good, and I could not ask for anything more from this release.