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Really fanrastic version of this classic tale. Made for TV. Looks to me like it could have been live, if so, that's even more remarkable. Great songs, great cast, and awesome pacing.
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Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
03/30/23
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Love this version...
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
02/08/23
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The original debut of the Rogers & Hammerstein classic. It was filmed completely live - no edits, cuts, or redo's, yet it looks absolutely seamless for it's day! Julie Andrews can do no wrong, it seems!
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
02/08/23
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Found this on Youtube. Julie Andrews is one of my heroes. She was the original My Fair Lady and Cinderella. She was and still is Amazing!
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Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
02/05/23
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Original Julie Andrews version, I'm a fan of the other 2, so I figured I should give this one a shot. There's something Julie Andrews brings to the table that no one else can.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
01/12/23
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The library, I regret to say, does not have the Leslie Ann Warren version of this. Alas. In fact, no one seems to have a proper recording of this version, either--apparently, it initially aired in colour, but the kinescope we have is in black & white. Maybe I'd like it better in colour--fan though I am of black & white, most colour productions lose something if you don't see them in colour.
I don't really like Rodgers and Hammerstein, actually. I don't mind [i]The Sound of Music[/i] every once in a great while, but I dislike [i]The King and I[/i], and I loathe [i]Oklahoma[/i]. (We've got [i]Carousel[/i] coming up this week, too.) I like the song the stepsisters get in this, but none of the other songs really do anything for me.
And I can't stand Cinderella's ballgown. Apparently, they made more of a fairy tale princess-y one, but it was too big and heavy to actually perform in. I wish they'd tried for a third; the dress she ends up in is very unappealing, especially in contrast to how lovely Julie Andrews is. And this is young Julie Andrews, too; this is from when she was in [i]My Fair Lady[/i] (a far better musical, in my opinion).
This was actually [i]written[/i] for television, not just made for it, which may explain why it's so simple. After all, the thing was performed [i]live[/i], which means that complicated stage effects were just one more thing that could go wrong. Besides, there's only so much you can do to jazz up the Cinderella story, of course. Unless you get talking mice, at least.
Oh, and [i]Due South[/i] connection--one of the stepsisters is played by Kaye Ballard, who played Old Ray's mom! (She was also on a first-season episode of [i]The Muppet Show[/i].) Too early for the Mountie, though. He wouldn't be born for another two years.
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
02/12/23
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