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BallWubba Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

Aubrey Hackett While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Tobias Burrows It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

lesborev As a child, this was one of few versions I saw back then of Cinderella....and this one is my favorite.The songs are memorable.....and I own a copy on VHS. Have not seen it on DVD anywhere. Watching it again at age 56 (I was 8 years old in 1965), it warmed my heart as I sang along.....and watched it all over again being transported back in time to an age of innocence.It is my prayer that all the actors are doing well in health and in the other aspects of their lives.If you are looking for an innocent, clean Cinderella story....this is the one. Of course there is Disney also, but in my book this version beats Disney because it is a live theatrical version.

pagangirl1986 I remember watching this as a child; I grew up with it on VHS. Even to this day I remember the songs and can still sing them to myself. The video of it appears to be made from a play with fairly stagnant backgrounds. Even still, it's well done for the time. There are little things in the video that I'll never forget. Like the lines at the well of "Thank you kindly" and the reply "You are most kindly welcome". It seemed to me a bit odd that the prince was Hispanic/Puerto Rican from white parents, but dismissed it as fantasy and a movie, rather than trying to figure it out. I also liked that the step sisters weren't nearly so much as evil, as afraid of their mother and therefore did as she commanded them. This is seen during the first scene after the ball where Cinderella sings "When You're Driving in the Moonlight". The sisters are curious how Cinderella knows what she does and rather than accuse her, they question how she knows such things, curious. I don't think I'll ever forget this version of Cinderella and hope that I can find a copy of it to show my kinds some day

Stu-42 I know that I run the risk of upsetting some fans here, but I just have to be honest. I have watched this one with my 7 yr old daughter several times and although I must admit I've grown to like one or two things here, it really is a very bad movie. Some of the songs are not too nauseating and one or two are actually cute like the "Christopher Rupert" part. Just because it seems to appeal to young people so much I took it easy on it rating wise, but it may well be the overall worst performance of a cast in its entirety of all time. I've never seen a movie where every single performance is terrible with this many talented people. That tells me something else was wrong, maybe the director? Ms. Warren looks and sings OK I suppose, but her acting is pretty stiff to put it nicely. The rest of the cast is actually much worse with Stuart Damon giving an unbelievably uncharismatic and stilted rendition of the prince. Even the king and queen are just awful and I love Ginger Rogers! Walter Pidgeon looked asleep as did just about everyone else. The stepmother and stepsisters get an A for effort here, but the acting was from the land of the zombies or mummies or something. Very strange. I can't quite figure out what people like about this and of course I'm talking about adults. No, I'm sorry, but the Disney animated version is absolutely superior in every single way.

TheLittleSongbird Out of the Cinderella films I have seen, that includes the timeless Disney film, the delightful Ever After and the overlong but lavish Slipper and the Rose, this 1965 made for TV movie gets my vote as the most overlooked. At merely less than an hour and a half, it is perhaps too short, which is the only real problem I had with it, as I was genuinely enchanted by this. I completely forgive the fact that it is a TV movie, for the production values in consideration are simply fantastic. The scenery is colourful and the costumes lavish, Lesley Ann Warren's dress at the ball was gorgeous.And then there are the songs and score. In my opinion, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II are fantastic musical composers, and penned some of the best songs in musical history. Their credits include King and I, State Fair, Oklahoma and Carousel, and the film versions of their musicals range from decent(South Pacific) to outstanding(The Sound of Music). Their contribution here is no exception, the score is just breathtaking, especially Instrumental Waltz. And the songs are stunning, standouts are In My Own Little Corner, Do I love You Because You're Beautiful and Ten Minutes Ago. The others aren't quite as good, but are definitely memorable.I had little to complain about the performances either, for Lesley Ann Warren is enchanting as Cinderella. I thought she looked sexy in the comedy Clue, but especially in the ballroom scene she is even lovelier here, and I thought she sang very well.Perhaps lacking the angelic quality of Julie Andrews but she seriously wasn't bad, not to the extent that she couldn't sing. Stuart Damon is very dashing and charming as the Prince with a very beautiful baritone voice, and Celeste Holm is splendid as the Fairy Godmother. And while dancing legend Ginger Rogers does well as the queen, there is also scene-stealing support from Barbara Bruick and Pat Caroll(the voice of Ursula in The Little Mermaid) as the stepsisters. And I just want to add that I love the simplicity of the highly romantic story. All in all, very overlooked and I think magical. 9.5/10 Bethany Cox