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'' directed by

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and written by Tedd Pierce, based on the

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''. The short was released on July 23, 1938, and features the third appearance of an early version of

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Plot

The story starts out as normal, but Cinderella notices the Fairy Godmother is gone, so she calls the police, who find her in a bar. After some of Fairy Godmother's mixed up magic, Cinderella gets to the ball and finds Prince Charming (a.k.a. Elmer). They dance and have fun. The story continues as normal and when Prince Charming goes to Cinderella's house to return her glass slipper, he finds out she got tired of waiting and that she's in the third row of a "Warner Bros. picture show". Prince Charming cries until he finds out that Cinderella comes back and then they head off together to the tenth row.

Reception

Animation historian Greg Ford writes, "''Cinderella'' certifies Avery's standing as a modernist in its distanced refurbishing of the hoary old Cinderella narrative."

Voice cast

* Mel Blanc as Cuckoo Clock, Cops, Singing Palace Guard, Cinderella (screaming sounds) * Bernice Hansen as Cinderella * Danny Webb as

, Singing Palace Guard, Lone Ranger Announcer * Elvia Allman as Ugly Sister, Fairy Godmother *

as Police Radio Voice, Palace Guard, "Baby!" * Tedd Pierce as Prince: "Baby!"

References

External links

* 1938 films Merrie Melodies short films Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films Films based on Charles Perrault's Cinderella Films directed by Tex Avery American parody films Fairy tale parody films Elmer Fudd films Films scored by Carl Stalling 1930s Warner Bros. animated short films 1930s English-language films English-language short films 1938 animated short films {{MerrieMelodies-stub